Where does “primærnæring” come from?
primærnæring (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.
primærnæring (Norwegian Bokmål): a primary industry, the primary sector
Definitions
- a primary industry, the primary sector
Ancestry of “primærnæring”, step by step
primærnæring 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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål næring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | næring | food, sustenance, nourishment; business,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | nære | definite singular of nær; plural of nær; to feed,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | neren | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | nerian | to save |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | naʀjan | to save, to rescue |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nazjaną | to save; rescue; heal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nes- | to return home |