Where does “protestmarsj” come from?
protestmarsj (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk marsj, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
protestmarsj (Norwegian Nynorsk): a protest march
Definitions
- a protest march
Ancestry of “protestmarsj”, step by step
protestmarsj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk marsj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | marsj | walk trip made by walking |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Norwegian Nynorsk protest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | protest | a protest |
| 2 | Latin | prōtestārī | — |
| 3 | Latin | testor | I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will |
| 4 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 5 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 6 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |