Where does “videospill” come from?
videospill (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.
videospill (Norwegian Bokmål): a video game
Definitions
- a video game
Ancestry of “videospill”, step by step
videospill 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 |