Where does “ansøkning” come from?
ansøkning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ning, from Old Norse -ning.
ansøkning (Norwegian Bokmål): an application
Ancestry of “ansøkning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ning | used to form nouns, usually from verbs |
| 2 | Old Norse | -ning | — |