Where does “selvstyre” come from?
selvstyre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål selv, from Danish selv, from English Self, from Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ — fat, oil.
selvstyre (Norwegian Bokmål): autonomy, self-government, self-rule
Definitions
- autonomy, self-government, self-rule
Ancestry of “selvstyre”, step by step
selvstyre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål styre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | styre | administration, government, rule; a board of... |
| 2 | Old Norse | stýri | rudder, helm |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stǖr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stiuriją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stiurijaną | to direct, steer |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |