Where does “kjempejobb” come from?
kjempejobb (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk jobb, from English Job, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
kjempejobb (Norwegian Nynorsk): a great job, an excellent job
Definitions
- a great job, an excellent job
Ancestry of “kjempejobb”, step by step
kjempejobb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk jobb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | jobb | job, work, employment |
| 2 | English | Job | A person who shows remarkable patience |
| 3 | Latin | Iob | Job |
| 4 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Norwegian Nynorsk kjempe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kjempe | a giant, titan; ribgrass, ribwort, plantain |
| 2 | Old Norse | kempa | giant |
| 3 | Old English | cempa | soldier, warrior; champion |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijō | combat soldier |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |