Where does “tordensky” come from?
tordensky (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish sky, from French jus, from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
tordensky (Norwegian Bokmål): a thundercloud
Definitions
- a thundercloud
Ancestry of “tordensky”, step by step
tordensky traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sky | shy; cloud; gravy, stock |
| 2 | French | jus | juice; coffee; electricity, energy, power, juice |
| 3 | Middle French | jus | juice; down, downwards |
| 4 | Old French | jus | juice; down |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |