Where does “ankerplass” come from?
ankerplass (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anker, from Danish Anker, from German anker, from Middle High German anker, from Old High German anker, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.
ankerplass (Norwegian Bokmål): an anchorage
Ancestry of “ankerplass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | anker | an anchor |
| 2 | Danish | Anker | — |
| 3 | German | anker | inflection of ankern:
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| 4 | Middle High German | anker | — |
| 5 | Old High German | anker | anchor |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 8 | Latin | ancōra | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |