Where does “avsaltingsanlegg” come from?
avsaltingsanlegg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anlegg, from Danish anlæg, from Danish anlægge, from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.
avsaltingsanlegg (Norwegian Bokmål): a desalination plant
Definitions
- a desalination plant
Ancestry of “avsaltingsanlegg”, step by step
avsaltingsanlegg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål anlegg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | anlegg | (a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system |
| 2 | Danish | anlæg | a larger facility, plant or construction |
| 3 | Danish | anlægge | to create, plant, build, construct, establish |
| 4 | German | Anlage | public green area, site, park, garden; plant,... |
| 5 | German | anlegen | to create; to put on; to start a fight with |
| 6 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 8 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |