Where does “brannalarm” come from?
brannalarm (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk alarm, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
brannalarm (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fire alarm
Ancestry of “brannalarm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | alarm | an alarm |
| 2 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 3 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |