Where does “vestover” come from?
vestover (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vest, from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
vestover (Norwegian Bokmål): westwards, to the west
Definitions
- westwards, to the west
Ancestry of “vestover”, step by step
vestover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vest | west; a waistcoat |
| 2 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 3 | French | veste | jacket |
| 4 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Norwegian Bokmål over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |