Where does “tabellform” come from?
tabellform (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål form, from English form, from Middle English forme, from Old English forma, from Old English fore, from Proto-Germanic furai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
tabellform (Norwegian Bokmål): tabular form
Definitions
- tabular form
Ancestry of “tabellform”, step by step
tabellform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål form
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | form | form; shape; a mould |
| 2 | English | form | To do with shape; To do with structure or... |
| 3 | Middle English | forme | first; shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat,... |
| 4 | Old English | forma | first |
| 5 | Old English | fore | before; forepart, front |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål tabell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tabell | a table |
| 2 | Latin | tabella | small board, table or tablet; plaque, placard,... |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |