Where does “knalloransje” come from?
knalloransje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål oransje, from Italian arancia, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग.
knalloransje (Norwegian Bokmål): bright orange
Ancestry of “knalloransje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | oransje | orange |
| 2 | Italian | arancia | orange |
| 3 | French | Orange | Orange |
| 4 | Spanish | naranja | orange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | naranja | — |
| 6 | Arabic | نَارَنْج | bitter orange |
| 7 | Persian | نارنگ | bitter orange |
| 8 | Sanskrit | नारङ्ग | the orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;... |
| 9 | Dravidian | dra | — |
| 10 | Proto-Dravidian | *cīntu | — |