Where does “sørvestover” come from?
sørvestover (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sørvest, from Norwegian Bokmål vest, from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.
sørvestover (Norwegian Bokmål): south-westwards, towards the south-west
Definitions
- south-westwards, towards the south-west
Ancestry of “sørvestover”, step by step
sørvestover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sørvest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sørvest | south-west / southwest; south-west, southwest |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | vest | west; a waistcoat |
| 3 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 4 | French | veste | jacket |
| 5 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 6 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 7 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 8 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Norwegian Bokmål over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |