Where does “ansøkning” come from?

ansøkning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

ansøkning (Norwegian Bokmål): an application

Definitions

  1. an application

Ancestry of “ansøkning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ningused to form nouns, usually from verbs
2Old Norse-ning—
Every word from Old Norse -ning →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ning →