Where does “jorderosjon” come from?
jorderosjon (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål erosjon, from French érosion, from Latin erosio, from Latin erodo, from Latin rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
jorderosjon (Norwegian Bokmål): soil erosion
Ancestry of “jorderosjon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | erosjon | erosion |
| 2 | French | érosion | erosion, weathering |
| 3 | Latin | erosio | eating away |
| 4 | Latin | erodo | I gnaw away; corrode |
| 5 | Latin | rōdō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |