Where does “visestatsminister” come from?
visestatsminister (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål statsminister, from Norwegian Bokmål stat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
visestatsminister (Norwegian Bokmål): deputy prime minister
Definitions
- deputy prime minister
Ancestry of “visestatsminister”, step by step
visestatsminister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål statsminister
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | statsminister | a prime minister |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | stat | a state |
| 3 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 6 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |