Where does “primærkilde” come from?
primærkilde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål primær, from French primaire, from Latin prīmārius, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
primærkilde (Norwegian Bokmål): a primary source
Definitions
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Ancestry of “primærkilde”, step by step
primærkilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål primær
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | primær | primary |
| 2 | French | primaire | primary; elementary |
| 3 | Latin | prīmārius | One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities |
| 4 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 5 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |