Where does “vindmølle” come from?
vindmølle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mølle, from Danish mølle, from Old Norse mylna, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
vindmølle (Norwegian Bokmål): a windmill; a wind turbine
Definitions
- a windmill; a wind turbine
Ancestry of “vindmølle”, step by step
vindmølle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mølle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mølle | a mill |
| 2 | Danish | mølle | mill, millhouse |
| 3 | Old Norse | mylna | — |
| 4 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | mill |
| 6 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 7 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Norwegian Bokmål vind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vind | wind |
| 2 | Danish | vind | crooked, warped; wind; imperative of vinde |
| 3 | Old Norse | vindr | wind; awry; second/third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | windaz | wind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |