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Where does “fortøyning” come from?

fortøyning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

fortøyning (Norwegian Bokmål): mooring

Definitions

  1. mooring

Ancestry of “fortøyning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ningused to form nouns, usually from verbs
2Old Norse-ning—

Words derived from “fortøyning”

  • fortøyningsbøye
Every word from Old Norse -ning →