Where does “sjørøveri” come from?
sjørøveri (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål røveri, from Danish -eri, from Low German -erie, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sjørøveri (Norwegian Bokmål): piracy
Definitions
- piracy
Ancestry of “sjørøveri”, step by step
sjørøveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål røveri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | røveri | a robbery |
| 2 | Danish | -eri | act of ing, -ing; -ery, business where ing is... |
| 3 | Low German | -erie | — |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Norwegian Bokmål sjø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjø | a sea, ocean; a lake |
| 2 | Old Norse | sjór | Alternative form of sær |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | saiwiz | sea, ocean |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīhwaną | to filter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |