Where does “sentrifugalkraft” come from?
sentrifugalkraft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kraft, from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
sentrifugalkraft (Norwegian Bokmål): centrifugal force
Definitions
- centrifugal force
Ancestry of “sentrifugalkraft”, step by step
sentrifugalkraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kraft | a force; power; i kraft - in force |
| 2 | Old Norse | kraptr | strength |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål sentrifugal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sentrifugal | centrifugal |
| 2 | English | centrifugal | Tending, or causing, to recede from the center;... |
| 3 | Latin | centrifugalis | — |