Where does “verdensmester” come from?
verdensmester (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mester, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.
verdensmester (Norwegian Bokmål): a world champion
Definitions
- a world champion
Ancestry of “verdensmester”, step by step
verdensmester traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mester | a champion; a master |
| 2 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 5 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 6 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Norwegian Bokmål verden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | verden | world; definite singular of verd |
| 2 | Danish | verden | world |
| 3 | Old Danish | werdhen | — |
| 4 | Old Danish | wærælde | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | verǫld | the world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |