Where does “bronselaget” come from?
bronselaget (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bronse, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
bronselaget (Norwegian Bokmål): the Norway national association football team that won bronze medal at the 1936 Olympic Games
Definitions
- the Norway national association football team that won bronze medal at the 1936 Olympic Games
Ancestry of “bronselaget”, step by step
bronselaget traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bronse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bronse | bronze; a bronze medal |
| 2 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 4 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 5 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 8 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
via Norwegian Bokmål låg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | låg | a fluid used in the boiling of plant material; a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | lágr | low; short |
| 3 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 4 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 5 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |