Where does “storfe” come from?
storfe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fe, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.
storfe (Norwegian Bokmål): cattle
Definitions
- cattle
Ancestry of “storfe”, step by step
storfe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fe | a fairy; cattle, livestock; fool, blockhead |
| 2 | French | fée | fairy, fay |
| 3 | Old French | fae | — |
| 4 | Latin | fāta | Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate |
| 5 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 6 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 7 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |