dame
Norwegian
noun-c
Definitions
- a lady, woman
- romantic relationship a girlfriend
- card games a queen
Etymology
Derived from Latin domina (mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household) borrowed from Old French dame (term of address for a woman, the queen in card games and chess, lady, woman) inherited from Old Norse damma.
Origin
Old Norse
damma
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- domina English
- *domnicella Latin
- domina Latin
- domna Latin
- dam Dutch, Flemish
- dame French
- дама Russian
- Doña Spanish, Castilian
- doña Spanish, Castilian
- *demh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- dametoalett Norwegian Bokmål
- dameundertøy Norwegian Bokmål
- første Norwegian Bokmål
- førstedame Norwegian Bokmål
- hoff Norwegian Bokmål
- hoffdame Norwegian Bokmål
- kassa Norwegian Bokmål
- kassadame Norwegian Bokmål
- kasse in compounds Norwegian Bokmål
- nb Norwegian Bokmål
- toalett Norwegian Bokmål
- undertøy Norwegian Bokmål
- dame Norwegian Nynorsk
- dame Middle English
- damma Old Norse
- dame Old French
- danme Norman
- dame Middle French
- dònna Ligurian
- dona Dalmatian
- daime Bourguignon
- danme Picard