Where does “buksesele” come from?

buksesele (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sele, from Old Norse seli, from Proto-Germanic *silô — harness.

buksesele (Norwegian Bokmål): braces (UK), suspenders (US) straps used to keep trousers up

Definitions

  1. braces (UK), suspenders (US) straps used to keep trousers up

Ancestry of “buksesele”, step by step

buksesele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålselea harness; braces or suspenders
2Old Norseseliharness; dative singular of sel n; dative...
3Proto-Germanic*silôharness

via Norwegian Bokmål bukse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbuksetrousers or pants
2Middle Low Germanbuxe—
3Middle Low Germanhôse—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *silô →Every word from Old Norse seli →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål sele →