Where does “avdelingssjef” come from?
avdelingssjef (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk sjef, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
avdelingssjef (Norwegian Nynorsk): head of (a) department, department head
Definitions
- head of (a) department, department head
Ancestry of “avdelingssjef”, step by step
avdelingssjef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk sjef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sjef | chief, boss, head |
| 2 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 3 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 4 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Norwegian Nynorsk avdeling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | avdeling | a department or division |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | dele | to divide; to split; to share |
| 3 | Middle Low German | delen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dēlian | to deal out, to distribute |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | to divide |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |