Where does “rødkløver” come from?
rødkløver (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rød, from Old Norse rauðr, from Old English dūn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnā, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
rødkløver (Norwegian Bokmål): red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Definitions
- red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Ancestry of “rødkløver”, step by step
rødkløver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rød
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rød | red |
| 2 | Old Norse | rauðr | red |
| 3 | Old English | dūn | hill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *dūnā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Norwegian Bokmål kløver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kløver | clover; club |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -er | person or thing that does an action indicated by... |
| 3 | Danish | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |