Where does “straummålar” come from?
straummålar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk målar, from Norwegian Nynorsk mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
straummålar (Norwegian Nynorsk): an electricity meter; a flowmeter
Definitions
- an electricity meter; a flowmeter
Ancestry of “straummålar”, step by step
straummålar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk målar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | målar | painter; measurer, surveyor; meter |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mål | aim, goal, purpose, target, destination; measure,... |
| 3 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 4 | Old French | mole | — |
| 5 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Norwegian Nynorsk straum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | straum | current; stream, flow; electricity |
| 2 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |