Where does “tredemølle” come from?
tredemølle (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mølle, from Norwegian Bokmål mølle, from Danish mølle, from Old Norse mylna, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
tredemølle (Norwegian Nynorsk): a treadmill
Ancestry of “tredemølle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mølle | a mill, millstone, grinder; a mill; a kind of... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mølle | a mill |
| 3 | Danish | mølle | mill, millhouse |
| 4 | Old Norse | mylna | — |
| 5 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | — |
| 7 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 8 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |