Where does “allmennspråk” come from?

allmennspråk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål allmenn, from Old Norse almennr.

allmennspråk (Norwegian Bokmål): common everyday language

Definitions

  1. common everyday language

Ancestry of “allmennspråk”, step by step

allmennspråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål allmenn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålallmennwhich applies to all; public; common, ordinary,...
2Old Norsealmennr—

via Norwegian Bokmål språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspråklanguage
2Middle Low Germansprake—
Every word from Old Norse almennr →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål allmenn →