Where does “leirdueskyting” come from?
leirdueskyting (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål leirdue, from Norwegian Bokmål due, from Italian due, from Latin duae, from Latin duō, from Proto-Italic duō, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
leirdueskyting (Norwegian Bokmål): clay pigeon shooting
Ancestry of “leirdueskyting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | leirdue | a clay pigeon |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | due | dove, pigeon, culver |
| 3 | Italian | due | two |
| 4 | Latin | duae | nominative feminine plural of duo |
| 5 | Latin | duō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | duō | two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |