Where does “selvkritikk” come from?
selvkritikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kritikk, from Ancient Greek kritike, from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
selvkritikk (Norwegian Bokmål): self-criticism
Definitions
- self-criticism
Ancestry of “selvkritikk”, step by step
selvkritikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kritikk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kritikk | criticism; a review |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | kritike | — |
| 3 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 4 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via Norwegian Bokmål selv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | selv | myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself;... |
| 2 | Danish | selv | self, -self; even; self |
| 3 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 4 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 5 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |