Where does “rengjøringsmiddel” come from?
rengjøringsmiddel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rengjøring, from Norwegian Bokmål rengjøre, from Norwegian Bokmål gjøre, from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz — resin.
rengjøringsmiddel (Norwegian Bokmål): cleanser, cleaner
Definitions
- cleanser, cleaner
Ancestry of “rengjøringsmiddel”, step by step
rengjøringsmiddel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rengjøring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rengjøring | cleaning |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | rengjøre | to clean |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøre | to do |
| 4 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 5 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Norwegian Bokmål middel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | middel | a means |
| 2 | Middle Low German | middel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | middil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |