Where does “privatbane” come from?
privatbane (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk privat, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
privatbane (Norwegian Nynorsk): a privately owned railway not owned by the state
Definitions
- a privately owned railway not owned by the state
Ancestry of “privatbane”, step by step
privatbane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk privat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | privat | private |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via Norwegian Nynorsk bane
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | bane | a trajectory; a railway line; a sports field |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bāne | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |