Where does “storfe” come from?

storfe (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk fe, from French fée, from Old French fae, from Latin fāta, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr — to speak, to be talking.

storfe (Norwegian Nynorsk): cattle

Definitions

  1. cattle

Ancestry of “storfe”, step by step

storfe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk fe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfea fairy; livestock, cattle; a blockhead, fool
2Frenchféefairy, fay
3Old Frenchfae—
4LatinfātaFate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate
5Latinfātumdestiny, fate, lot
6Latinfātusspoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc
7Latinfor"defective"; I speak, talk, say
8Proto-Italicfāōrspeak
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂tito speak, to be talking

via Norwegian Nynorsk stør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstøra sturgeon, a fish of the family Acipenseridae....
2Old Norsestórrbig, large, tall, great
3Proto-Germanicstōrazbig, large; strong
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-ro-large, big, thick; old
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti →Every word from Proto-Italic fāōr →Every word from Latin for →