Where does “fiskebanke” come from?

fiskebanke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål banke, from Norwegian Bokmål bakke, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...

fiskebanke (Norwegian Bokmål): a fishing bank or fishing ground shallow underwater sea area frequented by fish and popular for fishing

Definitions

  1. a fishing bank or fishing ground shallow underwater sea area frequented by fish and popular for fishing

Ancestry of “fiskebanke”, step by step

fiskebanke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål banke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbankea bank; to knock; to hammer
2Norwegian Bokmålbakkea hill or slope; the ground; to back
3EnglishbackNear the rear; Not current; Far from the main...
4Frenchbacferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
5Frenchbaccalauréatbaccalaureat; bachelor's degree
6Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
7Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
8Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
9Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
10English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
11Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
12Latin-āxish, -y
13Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
14Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...

via Norwegian Bokmål fiske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfiskefishing; to fish
2Old Norsefiskifishing
3Old Norsefiskato fish
4Proto-Germanicfiskōnąto fish, to catch fish
5Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Latin -iusEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from English -aceous