Where does “gjenreise” come from?
gjenreise (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gjenreise, from Danish genrejse, from Danish rejse, from German reisen, from Middle High German reisen, from Old High German reisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn, from Finnish raisu — to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise.
gjenreise (Norwegian Nynorsk): to rebuild, reconstruct, re-erect
Definitions
- to rebuild, reconstruct, re-erect
Ancestry of “gjenreise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjenreise | to rebuild, reconstruct, re-erect |
| 2 | Danish | genrejse | — |
| 3 | Danish | rejse | journey; trip; voyage, passage, crossing |
| 4 | German | reisen | to travel; to fall |
| 5 | Middle High German | reisen | to fall |
| 6 | Old High German | reisōn | to arise, set out, set out on a journey |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *raisōn | — |
| 8 | Finnish | raisu | boisterous, rambunctious |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | raisō | a travel, journey |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |