Where does “tilbakeføre” come from?
tilbakeføre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tilbake, from Norwegian Bokmål til, from Norwegian Bokmål flukt, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
tilbakeføre (Norwegian Bokmål): to return
Definitions
- to return
Ancestry of “tilbakeføre”, step by step
tilbakeføre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tilbake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilbake | back |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | til | to |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | flukt | flight, escape |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Norwegian Bokmål føre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | føre | condition of roads or other surfaces; typically... |
| 2 | Old Norse | fœri | opportunity, chance; line and tackle; inflection... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fōriją | situation, opportunity |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōriz | able to go, passable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |