Where does “festningsanlegg” come from?

festningsanlegg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anlegg, from Danish anlæg, from Danish anlægge, from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.

festningsanlegg (Norwegian Bokmål): fortification(s)

Definitions

  1. fortification(s)

Ancestry of “festningsanlegg”, step by step

festningsanlegg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål anlegg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålanlegg(a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system
2Danishanlæga larger facility, plant or construction
3Danishanlæggeto create, plant, build, construct, establish
4GermanAnlagepublic green area, site, park, garden; plant,...
5Germananlegento create; to put on; to start a fight with
6Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
7Middle High Germanānewithout
8Old High Germanānawithout
9Proto-West Germanicanaon
10Proto-Germanic*an
11Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Norwegian Bokmål festning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfestninga fort or fortress
2Middle Low Germanvesteningefortress
3Middle Low Germanvestento fasten, to secure
4Old Saxonfastsolid, firm
5Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
6Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-