Where does “tekstfil” come from?

tekstfil (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk tekst, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tekstfil (Norwegian Nynorsk): a text file

Definitions

  1. a text file

Ancestry of “tekstfil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsktekst<br>; a text
2Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin textus →