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
Definitions
- an anchorage
Ancestry of “ankerplass”, step by step
ankerplass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål anker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | anker | an anchor |
| 2 | Danish | Anker | anchor |
| 3 | German | anker | inflection of ankern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Middle High German | anker | — |
| 5 | Old High German | anker | anchor |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | anchor |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 8 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |
via Norwegian Bokmål plass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | plass | room, space; a place |
| 2 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 4 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |