Where does “lastebåt” come from?
lastebåt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål båt, from Danish båd, from Old Danish baat, from Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- — bee.
lastebåt (Norwegian Bokmål): a cargo ship, freighter
Definitions
- a cargo ship, freighter
Ancestry of “lastebåt”, step by step
lastebåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål båt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | båt | a boat |
| 2 | Danish | båd | boat |
| 3 | Old Danish | baat | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | bátr | boat |
| 5 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via Norwegian Bokmål last
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | last | a load or cargo; imperative of laste |
| 2 | Middle Low German | last | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hladan | to load, to lade |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hlaþan | to load |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlaþaną | to load |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |