Where does “fangeleir” come from?
fangeleir (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål leir, from German lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Old Norse legr, from Proto-Germanic legrą, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
fangeleir (Norwegian Bokmål): a prison camp
Ancestry of “fangeleir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | leir | a camp; form removed with the ; superseded by... |
| 2 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 4 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |