Where does “selvmordsoffer” come from?
selvmordsoffer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål offer, from Old Norse offr, from Middle Low German offer, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
selvmordsoffer (Norwegian Bokmål): a suicide victim
Definitions
- a suicide victim
Ancestry of “selvmordsoffer”, step by step
selvmordsoffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål offer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | offer | a sacrifice; a victim, a casualty |
| 2 | Old Norse | offr | an offering |
| 3 | Middle Low German | offer | — |
| 4 | Latin | offerō | to bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Norwegian Bokmål selvmord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | selvmord | suicide |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | selv | myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself;... |
| 3 | Danish | selv | self, -self; even; self |
| 4 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 5 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 6 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |