Where does “golfklubb” come from?
golfklubb (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.
golfklubb (Norwegian Bokmål): a golf club
Definitions
- a golf club
Ancestry of “golfklubb”, step by step
golfklubb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål klubb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | klubb | a club |
| 2 | English | club | An association of members joining together for... |
| 3 | Middle English | clubbe | An club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile |
| 4 | Old Norse | klubba | cudgel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klumpô | clasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | glemb- | log, block |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |