Where does “røykvarsler” come from?
røykvarsler (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål varsler, from Norwegian Bokmål varsle, from Norwegian Bokmål varsel, from Norwegian Bokmål vare, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware, from Old Saxon wār, from Proto-West Germanic wār — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
røykvarsler (Norwegian Bokmål): a smoke alarm or smoke detector
Definitions
- a smoke alarm or smoke detector
Ancestry of “røykvarsler”, step by step
røykvarsler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål varsler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | varsler | whistleblower; great grey shrike; indefinite... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | varsle | to alert; notify; warn; to predict; forecast |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | varsel | notification, alert, heads-up; omen, sign;... |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | vare | an article or item; a commodity; goods,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 6 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |