Where does “Vestlandet” come from?
Vestlandet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vest, from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
Vestlandet (Norwegian Bokmål): Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane
Definitions
- Western Norway, an area comprising four counties - Hordaland, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, and Sogn og Fjordane
Ancestry of “Vestlandet”, step by step
Vestlandet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vest | west; a waistcoat |
| 2 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 3 | French | veste | jacket |
| 4 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |