Where does “varmluftballong” come from?
varmluftballong (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk ballong, from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one — sharp.
varmluftballong (Norwegian Nynorsk): a hot-air balloon
Definitions
- a hot-air balloon
Ancestry of “varmluftballong”, step by step
varmluftballong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk ballong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ballong | a balloon |
| 2 | French | ballon | ball; balloon; round-bottom flask |
| 3 | Middle French | ballon | large ball |
| 4 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 5 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 6 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 7 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 8 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 9 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 10 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 11 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 12 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 13 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 14 | Latin | aceō | to be sour |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | akēō | be sharp-tasting, be sour |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
via Norwegian Nynorsk varmluft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | varmluft | hot air or warm air |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | luft | air |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lucht | air, smell |
| 4 | Old Saxon | luft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |