Where does “buss-skur” come from?
buss-skur (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål buss, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
Ancestry of “buss-skur”, step by step
buss-skur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål buss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | buss | bus; a quid of chewing tobacco |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |