Where does “sluttføre” come from?
sluttføre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål slutt, from Middle Low German slūt, from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic sleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)klewd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kleh₂w- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
sluttføre (Norwegian Bokmål): to finish, to complete
Definitions
- to finish, to complete
Ancestry of “sluttføre”, step by step
sluttføre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål slutt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | slutt | end, ending, finish, close; imperative of slutte |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slūt | end; conclusion |
| 3 | Middle Low German | slūten | to close |
| 4 | Old Saxon | slūtan | to close, conclude, lock |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | to bolt, lock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål føre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | føre | condition of roads or other surfaces; typically... |
| 2 | Old Norse | fœri | opportunity, chance; line and tackle; inflection... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fōriją | situation, opportunity |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōriz | able to go, passable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |