Where does “nidskrift” come from?
nidskrift (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk nid, from Norwegian Nynorsk stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Latin stancus, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
nidskrift (Norwegian Nynorsk): a scornful or defamatory piece of writing
Definitions
- a scornful or defamatory piece of writing
Ancestry of “nidskrift”, step by step
nidskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk nid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | nid | mockery, defamation, shame |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | stong | rod, pole |
| 3 | Old Norse | stǫng | staff, pole; standard-pole |
| 4 | Latin | stancus | — |
| 5 | Latin | stānticus | tired |
| 6 | Latin | stāns | standing |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Norwegian Nynorsk skrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | skrift | writing; den heilage skrifta - the Holy Scripture... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skript | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schrift | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skrift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skrifti | writing, scripture |
| 6 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 7 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |