Where does “strømmåler” come from?
strømmåler (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måler, from Norwegian Bokmål måle, from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
strømmåler (Norwegian Bokmål): an electricity meter; a flowmeter
Definitions
- an electricity meter; a flowmeter
Ancestry of “strømmåler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måler | a meter; a geometer moth or geometrid moth of... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | måle | to measure |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | mål | language, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,... |
| 4 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 5 | Old French | mole | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |