Where does “skibakke” come from?
skibakke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bakke, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Forms comparative adjectives.
skibakke (Norwegian Bokmål): a ski slope
Definitions
- a ski slope
Ancestry of “skibakke”, step by step
skibakke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bakke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bakke | a hill or slope; the ground; to back |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
via Norwegian Bokmål ski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ski | a ski |
| 2 | Danish | ski | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ski | a ski |
| 4 | Old Norse | skíð | stick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skīdą | piece of wood, billet, board |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |