Where does “miljøvernar” come from?
miljøvernar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk miljø, from French milieu, from Middle French milieu, from Old French milliu, from Old French lieu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
miljøvernar (Norwegian Nynorsk): environmentalist
Definitions
- environmentalist
Ancestry of “miljøvernar”, step by step
miljøvernar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk miljø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | miljø | an environment |
| 2 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 3 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 4 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 5 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Norwegian Nynorsk vernar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | vernar | protector |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | verna | defend, protect; definite plural of vern |
| 3 | Old Norse | verna | defend, protect |
| 4 | Old Norse | vǫrn | defence; legal defence; a point for the defence,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warīniz | warding off, defense |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |