Where does “sminkepensel” come from?
sminkepensel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pensel, from German pinsel, from Middle High German bensel, from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicellus, from Latin pēnicillum, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sminkepensel (Norwegian Bokmål): a make-up brush
Definitions
- a make-up brush
Ancestry of “sminkepensel”, step by step
sminkepensel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål pensel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pensel | a brush, paintbrush |
| 2 | German | pinsel | paintbrush |
| 3 | Middle High German | bensel | — |
| 4 | Old French | pincel | paintbrush |
| 5 | Latin | pēnicellus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pēnicillum | A painter's brush |
| 7 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |