Where does “fåmålig” come from?
fåmålig (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fåmålig (Norwegian Nynorsk): taciturn
Definitions
- taciturn
Ancestry of “fåmålig”, step by step
fåmålig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk mål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mål | aim, goal, purpose, target, destination; measure,... |
| 2 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 3 | Old French | mole | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Nynorsk få
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | få | few; bleach, blanch; soak and dissolve; rot |
| 2 | Old Norse | fá | to get; to draw, paint; positive degree strong... |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ | I drew, I painted |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | faihijaną | to color, paint |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |