Where does “pressefrihet” come from?
pressefrihet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål frihet, from Norwegian Bokmål fri, from Middle Low German vrī, from Old Saxon frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.
pressefrihet (Norwegian Bokmål): freedom of the press
Definitions
- freedom of the press
Ancestry of “pressefrihet”, step by step
pressefrihet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål frihet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | frihet | freedom, liberty |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fri | free, not imprisoned or enslaved; free, not... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vrī | free |
| 4 | Old Saxon | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |
via Norwegian Bokmål presse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | presse | a press; the press; to press |
| 2 | Latin | pressāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |