Where does “trekkspill” come from?
trekkspill (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål spill, from Norwegian Bokmål spille, from Middle Low German spelen, from Old Dutch spilon, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
trekkspill (Norwegian Bokmål): accordion
Definitions
- accordion
Ancestry of “trekkspill”, step by step
trekkspill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål spill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | spill | a game (or part of a game, e.g., a hand, a round); equipment for a game (e.g., deck of cards, set of dice, board, men, pieces, etc.) |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | spille | to play; spille inn to record; to spill, slop |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spelen | verb |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | trekaną | to push; to drag; to scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dreg- | to pull; to drag, scrape |