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
Definitions
- citizenship
Ancestry of “statsborgerskap”, step by step
statsborgerskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål statsborger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål skap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skap | a closet; a cupboard; imperative of skape |
| 2 | Old Norse | skap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |