Where does “øygruppe” come from?
øygruppe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gruppe, from German gruppe, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, from Vulgar Latin cruppo, from Renaissance Latin grupus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
øygruppe (Norwegian Bokmål): a group of islands, an archipelago
Definitions
- a group of islands, an archipelago
Ancestry of “øygruppe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gruppe | a group |
| 2 | German | gruppe | — |
| 3 | French | groupe | group |
| 4 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 6 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |