Where does “plastfolie” come from?
plastfolie (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk plast, from English plastic, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
plastfolie (Norwegian Nynorsk): plastic film; cling film
Definitions
- plastic film; cling film
Ancestry of “plastfolie”, step by step
plastfolie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk plast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | plast | plastic |
| 2 | English | plastic | A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Norwegian Nynorsk folie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | folie | foil; film |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |