Where does “trekant” come from?
trekant (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kant, from Italian canto, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
trekant (Norwegian Nynorsk): triangle; threesome
Definitions
- triangle; threesome
Ancestry of “trekant”, step by step
trekant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kant | an edge, a border; an area; a direction |
| 2 | Italian | canto | song; singing; corner |
| 3 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 4 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Norwegian Nynorsk tre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | tre | three; tree; wood |
| 2 | Old Norse | tré | tree; the mast of a ship; ree, rafter, beam |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 4 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |