eventyr
Danish
/ɛːvəntyːˀr/
noun
Definitions
- adventure
- fairy tale, folktale
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German eventǖre, eventǖr(e) inherited from Old Norse æfintýr derived from Middle French a(d)venture, adventure derived from Latin adventūrus, adventūra (things that will happen).
Origin
Latin
adventūrus, adventūra
Gloss
things that will happen
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adventure English
- adventureful English
- adventureless English
- adventurement English
- adventurer English
- adventuresome English
- adventuress English
- adventurest English
- adventureth English
- adventurish English
- adventurism English
- adventurist English
- adventuristic English
- coadventure English
- ecoadventure English
- misadventure English
- nonadventure English
- adventūrus, adventūra Latin
- Abenteuer German
- Abenteuerspielplatz German
- Abenteurer German
- abenteuerdurstig German
- abenteuerhungrig German
- abenteuerlich German
- abenteuersüchtig German
- eventyr Norwegian Bokmål
- äventyr Swedish
- アドベンチャー Japanese
- eventyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- aventure Middle English
- æfintýr Old Norse
- eventyrer Danish
- eventyrlig Danish
- eventyrlysten Danish
- folk Danish
- folkeeventyr Danish
- kunst Danish
- kunsteventyr Danish
- lysten Danish
- adbentyur Cebuano
- āventiure Middle High German
- a(d)venture, adventure Middle French
- eventü̂r, eventü̂re Middle Low German
- eventǖre, eventǖr(e) Middle Low German
- 어드벤처 Korean