Where does “stålsette” come from?
stålsette (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål stål, from Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic stahlą, from Proto-Germanic stah-, from Proto-Indo-European stāk-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
stålsette (Norwegian Bokmål): stålsette seg: to steel oneself; to harden...
Definitions
- stålsette seg: to steel oneself; to harden...
Ancestry of “stålsette”, step by step
stålsette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål stål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | stål | steel |
| 2 | Old Norse | stál | steel |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stahlą | steel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stah- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stāk- | stand, pole |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Norwegian Bokmål sette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sette | to place, put, set |
| 2 | Danish | sætte | to put, place, set; to fix, stake; to plant |
| 3 | Old Norse | setja | to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |