Where does “skanner” come from?
skanner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skanne, from English scan, from Middle English scannen, from Middle English scanden, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend-.
skanner (Norwegian Bokmål): a scanner; present of skanne
Definitions
- a scanner; present of skanne
Ancestry of “skanner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skanne | to scan |
| 2 | English | scan | To examine sequentially, carefully, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | scannen | to mark off verse to show metrical structure |
| 4 | Middle English | scanden | Alternative form of schonden |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |