Where does “læringskurve” come from?
læringskurve (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk læring, from Norwegian Nynorsk lære, from German Lehre, from Middle High German lēre, from Old High German lēra, from Proto-West Germanic laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic laizō, from Proto-Germanic laizijaną — to trace; to track.
læringskurve (Norwegian Nynorsk): a learning curve
Definitions
- a learning curve
Ancestry of “læringskurve”, step by step
læringskurve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk læring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | læring | learning |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | lære | to learn; to teach; education |
| 3 | German | Lehre | teaching, tenet; apprenticeship; doctrine |
| 4 | Middle High German | lēre | — |
| 5 | Old High German | lēra | teaching, lore |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | laiʀu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | laizō | teaching; lore; doctrine |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | laizijaną | to teach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | loyséyeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leys | to trace; to track |
via Norwegian Nynorsk kurve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kurve | a curve; bend, curve |
| 2 | Latin | curva | nominative feminine singular of curvus;... |
| 3 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |