Where does “trekkfugl” come from?
trekkfugl (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fugl, from Danish fugl, from Old Swedish fughl, from Old Norse fugl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą — to fly, flow, run.
trekkfugl (Norwegian Bokmål): a migratory bird, bird of passage
Definitions
- a migratory bird, bird of passage
Ancestry of “trekkfugl”, step by step
trekkfugl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fugl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fugl | a bird |
| 2 | Danish | fugl | bird |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fughl | bird |
| 4 | Old Norse | fugl | Alternative form of fogl |
| 5 | Old Norse | fogl | bird |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fuglaz | bird |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fluglaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via Norwegian Bokmål trekk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | trekk | migration; a feature, a trait; a move |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | trekke | to pull; to subtract; to draw |
| 3 | Middle Low German | trecken | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | trekkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |