Where does “styremøte” come from?
styremøte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål styre, from Old Norse stýri, from Middle Low German stǖr, from Proto-Germanic stiuriją, from Proto-Germanic stiurijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
styremøte (Norwegian Bokmål): a board meeting
Definitions
- a board meeting
Ancestry of “styremøte”, step by step
styremøte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål styre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | styre | administration, government, rule; a board of... |
| 2 | Old Norse | stýri | rudder, helm |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stǖr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stiuriją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stiurijaną | to direct, steer |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål møte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | møte | a meeting; an encounter; to meet |
| 2 | French | mode | fashion, trend; method, means, way, mode; mode,... |
| 3 | Middle French | mode | — |
| 4 | Old French | mode | — |
| 5 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |