Where does “skilletegn” come from?
skilletegn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tegn, from Danish tegn, from Old Danish thæghæn, from Old Norse þegn, from Proto-Germanic þegnaz, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
skilletegn (Norwegian Bokmål): a punctuation mark
Definitions
- a punctuation mark
Ancestry of “skilletegn”, step by step
skilletegn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tegn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tegn | a sign; a character; imperative of tegne |
| 2 | Danish | tegn | sign; token; character |
| 3 | Old Danish | thæghæn | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | þegn | thane, franklin, freeman, man; a good man;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þegnaz | retainer, servant |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via Norwegian Bokmål skille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skille | divide, division, partition, dividing line; to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skilja | to part, divide, separate; to break off, break... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |