Where does “talentfull” come from?
talentfull (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål full, from Danish fuld, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
talentfull (Norwegian Bokmål): talented
Definitions
- talented
Ancestry of “talentfull”, step by step
talentfull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål full
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | full | full; drunk |
| 2 | Danish | fuld | full; complete; drunk |
| 3 | Old Norse | fullr | full |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Norwegian Bokmål talent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | talent | (a) talent |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | talentum | A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τάλαντον | balance, scale; anything weighed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥h₂ent- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |