Where does “betongblander” come from?
betongblander (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål betong, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
betongblander (Norwegian Bokmål): a concrete mixer
Definitions
- a concrete mixer
Ancestry of “betongblander”, step by step
betongblander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål betong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | betong | concrete |
| 2 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | mineral pitch, bitumen |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål blander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | blander | a mixer; present tense of blande |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | blande | to mix, blend; to mingle; to shuffle |
| 3 | Old Norse | blanda | to blend, mix |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blandaną | to blend, make murky; to mix, mingle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |