Where does “prøvetur” come from?
prøvetur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål prøve, from Old Norse prófa, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo- — passed , crossed.
prøvetur (Norwegian Bokmål): a trial run; a test drive
Definitions
- a trial run; a test drive
Ancestry of “prøvetur”, step by step
prøvetur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål prøve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | prøve | test; sample; to try |
| 2 | Old Norse | prófa | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | prôven | — |
| 4 | Old French | prover | to prove |
| 5 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 7 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål tur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tur | a walk; a trip, journey; a tour |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |