Where does “affaldsafgift” come from?

affaldsafgift (Danish) comes from Danish afgift, from Old Norse afgipt.

affaldsafgift (Danish): garbage tax

Definitions

  1. garbage tax

Ancestry of “affaldsafgift”, step by step

affaldsafgift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish afgift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishafgiftfee
2Old Norseafgipt—

via Danish affald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishaffaldtrash, garbage, waste
Every word from Old Norse afgipt →Every word from Danish afgift →