Where does “protestmarsj” come from?
protestmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål marsj, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
protestmarsj (Norwegian Bokmål): a protest march
Definitions
- a protest march
Ancestry of “protestmarsj”, step by step
protestmarsj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål marsj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | marsj | walk trip made by walking |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Norwegian Bokmål protest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | protest | a protest |
| 2 | Latin | prōtestārī | — |
| 3 | Latin | testor | I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will |
| 4 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 5 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 6 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |