Where does “dødsoffer” come from?
dødsoffer (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk offer, from Old Norse offr, from Middle Low German offer, from Latin offerō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
dødsoffer (Norwegian Nynorsk): a victim
Ancestry of “dødsoffer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | offer | a sacrifice; a victim, a casualty |
| 2 | Old Norse | offr | an offering |
| 3 | Middle Low German | offer | — |
| 4 | Latin | offerō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |