Where does “kubikkilometer” come from?

kubikkilometer (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kilometer, from Norwegian Bokmål meter — a metre, or meter.

kubikkilometer (Norwegian Bokmål): a cubic kilometre

Definitions

  1. a cubic kilometre

Ancestry of “kubikkilometer”, step by step

kubikkilometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kilometer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkilometera kilometre, or kilometer
2Norwegian Bokmålmetera metre, or meter

via Norwegian Bokmål kubikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkubikk—
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål meter →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål kilometer →