Where does “hjuldamper” come from?
hjuldamper (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hjul, from Old Norse hjól, from Proto-Germanic hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷléh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
hjuldamper (Norwegian Bokmål): a paddle steamer
Ancestry of “hjuldamper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hjul | a wheel |
| 2 | Old Norse | hjól | wheel |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hweulō | nominative/vocative/accusative plural of *hwehwlą |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷléh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |