Where does “menstruasjon” come from?
menstruasjon (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin mēnstruus, from Latin bimestris, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēnsis, from Proto-Italic mēns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
menstruasjon (Norwegian Bokmål): menstruation; a period
Ancestry of “menstruasjon”, step by step
Words derived from “menstruasjon”