Where does “medlemskap” come from?

medlemskap (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk medlem, from German Mitglied, from German mit-, from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

medlemskap (Norwegian Nynorsk): membership

Definitions

  1. membership

Ancestry of “medlemskap”, step by step

medlemskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk medlem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmedlema member
2GermanMitgliedmember
3Germanmit-a prefix of nearly unlimited productivity,...
4Germanmitwith; with, by; at
5Middle High Germanmite
6Old High Germanmitwith
7Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
8Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
10Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Norwegian Nynorsk skåp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskskåpa cupboard, closet
2Middle Norwegianskáp
3Middle Low Germanschapcupboard, cabinet, coffer
4Old Saxonskāpsheep
5Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
6Proto-Germanicskapąshape
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂Every word from Proto-Germanic midi
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