Where does “grunnlovsendring” come from?

grunnlovsendring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål grunnlov, from Norwegian Bokmål løv, from Danish lov, from Old Danish logh, from Old Norse lǫg, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną — to lie.

grunnlovsendring (Norwegian Bokmål): a constitutional amendment

Definitions

  1. a constitutional amendment

Ancestry of “grunnlovsendring”, step by step

grunnlovsendring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål grunnlov

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrunnlovconstitution
2Norwegian BokmålløvThe leaf of a plant
3Danishlovlaw; permission; praise
4Old Danishloghlaw
5Old Norselǫgfate; situation, the condition that one is given...
6Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
7Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
8Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Norwegian Bokmål endring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålendringa change
2Norwegian Bokmål-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used...
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjanąEvery word from Old Norse leggja