Where does “folkeopinion” come from?
folkeopinion (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
folkeopinion (Norwegian Nynorsk): public opinion
Definitions
- public opinion
Ancestry of “folkeopinion”, step by step
folkeopinion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk opinion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | opinion | (public) opinion |
| 2 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |