Where does “spørrepronomen” come from?
spørrepronomen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål spørre, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic spurjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
spørrepronomen (Norwegian Bokmål): an interrogative pronoun
Definitions
- an interrogative pronoun
Ancestry of “spørrepronomen”, step by step
spørrepronomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål spørre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | spørre | to ask, inquire |
| 2 | Old Norse | spyrja | to trace steps or footprints; to investigate, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spurjaną | to feel, touch; to study; to search; to examine;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |