Where does “edelmetall” come from?

edelmetall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål edel, from Low German edel.

edelmetall (Norwegian Bokmål): a precious metal

Definitions

  1. a precious metal

Ancestry of “edelmetall”, step by step

edelmetall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål edel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåledelnoble
2Low Germanedel—

via Norwegian Bokmål metall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmetalla metal
Every word from Low German edel →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål edel →