Where does “elvedelta” come from?
elvedelta (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål delta, from Norwegian Bokmål del, from Middle Low German dēl, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.
elvedelta (Norwegian Bokmål): a river delta
Definitions
- a river delta
Ancestry of “elvedelta”, step by step
elvedelta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål delta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | delta | the Greek letter Δ, δ; a river delta; to... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | del | part, portion, share; imperative of dele |
| 3 | Middle Low German | dēl | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dēl | part, share, portion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daili | part |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dailiz | part, portion, deal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |