Where does “damplokomotiv” come from?

damplokomotiv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.

damplokomotiv (Norwegian Bokmål): a steam locomotive

Definitions

  1. a steam locomotive

Ancestry of “damplokomotiv”, step by step

damplokomotiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållokomotiva locomotive
2EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
3Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
4Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
5Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
6Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
7LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
8Proto-Italicmoweōto move
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Norwegian Bokmål damp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldampsteam
2German Low GermanDamp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo