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Where does “fornøyelsespark” come from?

fornøyelsespark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fornøyelse, from Norwegian Bokmål -else, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

fornøyelsespark (Norwegian Bokmål): an amusement park

Definitions

  1. an amusement park

Ancestry of “fornøyelsespark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfornøyelsepleasure, enjoyment, delight; amusement,...
2Norwegian Bokmål-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
3Danish-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
4Danish-ilse—
5Old Saxon-isli—
6Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
7Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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