Where does “rødmaling” come from?

rødmaling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måling, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

rødmaling (Norwegian Bokmål): red paint

Definitions

  1. red paint

Ancestry of “rødmaling”, step by step

rødmaling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål måling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmålingmeasurement
2Norwegian Bokmålmåleto measure
3Norwegian Bokmålmållanguage, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,...
4Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
5Old Frenchmole
6Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Norwegian Bokmål rød

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrødred
2Old Norserauðrred
3Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
4Proto-Germanic*dūnā
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus