Where does “kamel” come from?

kamel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse kamell, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος, from Proto-Semitic gamal-.

kamel (Norwegian Bokmål): a camel

Definitions

  1. a camel

Ancestry of “kamel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekamell—
2Latincamēlusa camel
3Ancient Greekκάμηλοςcamel
4Proto-Semiticgamal-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic gamal- →Every word from Ancient Greek κάμηλος →Every word from Latin camēlus →