Where does “bjergskråning” come from?

bjergskråning (Danish) comes from Danish bjerg, from Old Norse bjarg, from Proto-Germanic bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.

bjergskråning (Danish): a mountainslope

Definitions

  1. a mountainslope

Ancestry of “bjergskråning”, step by step

bjergskråning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bjerg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbjergmountain; hill; imperative of bjerge
2Old NorsebjargAlternative form of berg; cliff
3Proto-Germanicbergazhill; mountain; refuge; shelter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain

via Danish skråning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishskråningslope; a sloping area
2Danish-ingadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bergaz →Every word from Old Norse bjarg →