Where does “utstillingsvindu” come from?
utstillingsvindu (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utstilling, from Norwegian Bokmål utstille, from Norwegian Bokmål stille, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan — he, she.
utstillingsvindu (Norwegian Bokmål): shop window, display window
Definitions
- shop window, display window
Ancestry of “utstillingsvindu”, step by step
utstillingsvindu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål utstilling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utstilling | an exhibition; a display; an exhibit |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | utstille | to exhibit; to display |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |
| 4 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 5 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Bokmål vindu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vindu | a window |
| 2 | Danish | vindue | window |
| 3 | Old Norse | vindauga | window |
| 4 | Old Norse | vindr | wind; awry; second/third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | windaz | wind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |