Where does “Nordkapp” come from?
Nordkapp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nord, from Danish nørd, from English nerd, from English nerts, from English nuts, from English nut, from Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu — to arise, begin.
Nordkapp (Norwegian Bokmål): North Cape a cape (landform) which is regarded as the northernmost point in Europe, after which the municipality is named
Definitions
- North Cape a cape (landform) which is regarded as the northernmost point in Europe, after which the municipality is named
Ancestry of “Nordkapp”, step by step
Nordkapp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål nord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nord | north; north, a compass direction; a land area... |
| 2 | Danish | nørd | nerd; geek |
| 3 | English | nerd | A person who is intellectual but generally... |
| 4 | English | nerts | Crazy; nuts; Nuts! Expression of dismay |
| 5 | English | nuts | plural of nut; Testicles; An unbeatable hand; the... |
| 6 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 7 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 8 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |
via Norwegian Bokmål kapp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kapp | a cape, headland, promontory |
| 2 | German | kap | cape (headland) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kap | — |
| 4 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |