Where does “leasingselskap” come from?
leasingselskap (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål leasing, from English leasing, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
leasingselskap (Norwegian Bokmål): leasing company
Definitions
- leasing company
Ancestry of “leasingselskap”, step by step
leasingselskap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål leasing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | leasing | leasing |
| 2 | English | leasing | A lie; the act of lying, falsehood; present... |
| 3 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Norwegian Bokmål selskap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | selskap | company; party; society |
| 2 | Middle Low German | selschap | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | selskepi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saljaskapiz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saljô | roommate; companion |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | salją | a building; barn; shed; room; chamber |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | saliz | house; dwelling; hall; room |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sol- | whole |