Where does “åta” come from?
åta (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Proto-Albanian a-ta, from Old Irish at·tá, from Old Irish ad-, from Old Irish uss-, from Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic bereti, from English beret, from French béret — short.
åta (Norwegian Nynorsk): attack; to spread earth, ash etc. onto snow in...
Definitions
- attack; to spread earth, ash etc. onto snow in...
Ancestry of “åta”, step by step
åta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Albanian a-ta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Albanian | a-ta | — |
| 2 | Old Irish | at·tá | to be |
| 3 | Old Irish | ad- | to, towards; in many compounds, it has a purely... |
| 4 | Old Irish | uss- | up, off |
| 5 | Old Irish | beirid | to carry, bring; to bear; to give |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | bereti | to carry, bear; to flow |
| 7 | English | beret | A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and... |
| 8 | French | béret | beret |
| 9 | Occitan | berret | cap |
| 10 | Medieval Latin | birretum | — |
| 11 | Late Latin | birrus | a kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat |
| 12 | Gaulish | birrus | short cloak |
| 13 | Proto-Celtic | birros | short |
via Norwegian Nynorsk å
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | å | to; To express different emotions, oh; Used to... |
| 2 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 3 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 6 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |