Where does “statsborgerskap” come from?
statsborgerskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål statsborger, from Danish stat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
statsborgerskap (Norwegian Bokmål): citizenship
Ancestry of “statsborgerskap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | statsborger | a citizen |
| 2 | Danish | stat | A state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen:
## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | stō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |