Where does “skjønnmale” come from?
skjønnmale (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
skjønnmale (Norwegian Bokmål): to depict something or someone as being better than in reality, to embellish, to furbish, to refurbish
Definitions
- to depict something or someone as being better than in reality, to embellish, to furbish, to refurbish
Ancestry of “skjønnmale”, step by step
skjønnmale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål måle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måle | to measure |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 3 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 4 | Old French | mole | — |
| 5 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |