Where does “klimaendring” come from?
klimaendring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål endring, from Norwegian Bokmål -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
klimaendring (Norwegian Bokmål): climate change
Ancestry of “klimaendring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | endring | a change |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |