Where does “ingenmannsland” come from?
ingenmannsland (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English no man's land, from Middle English Nomanneslond, from Middle English noman, from Middle English no, from Old English nā, from Old English ne, from Old English ealles, from Old English -es — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
ingenmannsland (Norwegian Nynorsk): no man's land
Definitions
- no man's land
Ancestry of “ingenmannsland”, step by step
ingenmannsland traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English no man's land
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | no man's land | The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted |
| 2 | Middle English | Nomanneslond | An area of land outside of London utilised for executions |
| 3 | Middle English | noman | Not any person; no one, nobody |
| 4 | Middle English | no | no |
| 5 | Old English | nā | no |
| 6 | Old English | ne | not; or, and not; "ne... ne..." is used to mean "... |
| 7 | Old English | ealles | completely, wholly, entirely; totally,... |
| 8 | Old English | -es | possessive marker, indicating that an object... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -as | used in formation of adverbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |