Where does “urbefolkning” come from?
urbefolkning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish ur, from Norwegian Nynorsk ur, from Middle Low German ūr, from Middle Dutch ūre, from Old Dutch ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
urbefolkning (Norwegian Bokmål): indigenous people
Definitions
- indigenous people
Ancestry of “urbefolkning”, step by step
urbefolkning traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish ur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ur | clock; watch; scree |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ur | a clock or watch; a terrain of large, fallen... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | ūr | watch, clock |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ūre | hour |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ūra | — |
| 6 | Old French | houre | hour; time; moment to do something |
| 7 | Latin | hōra | hour |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Norwegian Bokmål befolkning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | befolkning | population |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | befolke | to populate |
| 3 | German | bevölkern | to populate |
| 4 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 5 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 6 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |