Where does “romvesen” come from?
romvesen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rom, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
romvesen (Norwegian Bokmål): alien, extraterrestrial
Definitions
- alien, extraterrestrial
Ancestry of “romvesen”, step by step
romvesen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rom | rum; room; space |
| 2 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 4 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |