Where does “sekundviser” come from?
sekundviser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sekund, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
sekundviser (Norwegian Bokmål): a second hand
Definitions
- a second hand
Ancestry of “sekundviser”, step by step
sekundviser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sekund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sekund | a second |
| 2 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 3 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Norwegian Bokmål viser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | viser | indefinite plural of vise; a hand; present tense... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | vise | definite singular/plural of vis; lyrical or epic... |
| 3 | Old Norse | vísa | to show, point out, indicate; verse, strophe,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīsō | way, method, etc |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |