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Where does “bomme” come from?

bomme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English bum, from German Bummler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

bomme (Norwegian Bokmål): to miss the target; to guess or answer...

Definitions

  1. to miss the target; to guess or answer...

Ancestry of “bomme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbumThe buttocks; The anus; To sodomize; to engage in...
2GermanBummlerstroller; laggard; idler, loafer
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āri—
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “bomme”

  • bompenger
  • bom
  • bomme
  • bomvei
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →