Where does “golfkølle” come from?
golfkølle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål golf, from French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Latin colfos, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
golfkølle (Norwegian Bokmål): golf club
Ancestry of “golfkølle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | golf | golf; a gulf |
| 2 | French | golfe | gulf; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 4 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |