Where does “avdeling” come from?
avdeling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål avdele, from Norwegian Bokmål dele, from Middle Low German delen, from Old Saxon dēlian, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
avdeling (Norwegian Bokmål): a department or division
Definitions
- a department or division
Ancestry of “avdeling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avdele | to divide, partition off |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | dele | to divide; to split; to share |
| 3 | Middle Low German | delen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dēlian | to deal out, to distribute |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | to divide |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |