Where does “barnehage” come from?

barnehage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis.

barnehage (Norwegian Bokmål): kindergarten, nursery school

Definitions

  1. kindergarten, nursery school

Ancestry of “barnehage”, step by step

barnehage traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kindergarten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKindergartennursery school; kindergarten; day care center
2Germangarteninflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural...
3GermanStadtcity; town; city center
4Middle High Germanstatbank, shore
5Old High GermanstatA city; a town; A site; a place; a spot
6Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
7Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Norwegian Bokmål hage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhagea garden
2Old Norsehagienclosure
3Proto-Germanic*hagô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰ-to take, seize

via Norwegian Bokmål barn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbarna child
2Old Norsebarnchild
3Proto-Germanicbarnąchild
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →