Where does “inngangsdør” come from?

inngangsdør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål inngang, from Old Norse inngangr, from Proto-Germanic inngangaz, from Proto-Germanic innganganą, from Proto-Germanic inn, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

inngangsdør (Norwegian Bokmål): entrance door, front door

Definitions

  1. entrance door, front door

Ancestry of “inngangsdør”, step by step

inngangsdør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål inngang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinngangan entrance; beginning
2Old Norseinngangr—
3Proto-Germanicinngangaza going in, entry, entrance
4Proto-Germanicinnganganąto go into, to enter
5Proto-Germanicinnin, into
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Norwegian Bokmål dør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldøra door; present of dø
2Old Norsedýrrdear, valuable
3Proto-Germanic*durz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic inn →