Where does “tettsted” come from?
tettsted (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish tätort, from Swedish tät, from French tête, from Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis, from Latin terstis, from Latin trīstis — to stand.
tettsted (Norwegian Bokmål): a built-up area, an urban area
Definitions
- a built-up area, an urban area
Ancestry of “tettsted”, step by step
tettsted traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tätort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tätort | A built-up area (i.e. a city, town or village), per definition in the Nordic countries a locality with at least 200 inhabitants and up to 200 metres (Norway: 50 m) between the buildings; if two buildings cannot be connected by a route along which buildings are at most 200 metres away from each other |
| 2 | Swedish | tät | dense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;... |
| 3 | French | tête | head; header; a bright spark, a quick study |
| 4 | Middle French | teste | head |
| 5 | Old French | teste | head |
| 6 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 7 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 8 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Norwegian Bokmål sted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sted | a place |
| 2 | Danish | sted | place; spot; passage, text |
| 3 | Old Danish | stath | place, spot; town, city |
| 4 | Old Norse | staðr | a place, spot, abode; a city, town, palace; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål tett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tett | tight; close; dense |