Where does “sykepleier” come from?
sykepleier (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål syke, from Norwegian Bokmål syk, from Danish syg, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European seug- — to be troubled or grieved.
sykepleier (Norwegian Bokmål): a nurse
Definitions
- a nurse
Ancestry of “sykepleier”, step by step
sykepleier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål syke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | syke | definite singular of syk; plural of syk; illness,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | syk | sick, ill; diseased |
| 3 | Danish | syg | sick, ill; diseased; wicked |
| 4 | Old Norse | sjúkr | sick |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | seukaz | sick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seug- | to be troubled or grieved |
via Norwegian Bokmål pleier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pleier | nurse, carer; present of pleie |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -er | person or thing that does an action indicated by... |
| 3 | Danish | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |