Where does “valörfrimärke” come from?
valörfrimärke (Swedish) comes from Swedish valör, from French valeur, from Old French valur, from Latin valor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
valörfrimärke (Swedish): a denominated postage stamp, a postage stamp with a fixed denomination
Definitions
- a denominated postage stamp, a postage stamp with a fixed denomination
Ancestry of “valörfrimärke”, step by step
valörfrimärke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish valör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | valör | the claimed value printed upon something |
| 2 | French | valeur | value, worth; valor, gallantry |
| 3 | Old French | valur | value; valor; braveness |
| 4 | Latin | valor | value, worth |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Swedish frimärke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | frimärke | a postage stamp |
| 2 | Danish | frimærke | stamp, postage stamp |
| 3 | Danish | fri | to propose; free; vacant, unoccupied |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vrīen | to free; to marry |
| 5 | Old Saxon | friohon | to free, to liberate; to like, to love, to honour |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | frijōn | to love |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | frijōną | to love; to free; to like |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | prāy- | to like, love |