Where does “avslag” come from?
avslag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål avslå, from Norwegian Bokmål av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avslag (Norwegian Bokmål): a rejection, refusal; a discount
Definitions
- a rejection, refusal; a discount
Ancestry of “avslag”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avslå | to reject; to decline, refuse |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | av | off; onwards; of |
| 3 | Old Norse | af | of, from, off, by |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |