Where does “mormor” come from?
mormor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mør, from Norwegian Bokmål moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
mormor (Norwegian Bokmål): maternal grandmother
Ancestry of “mormor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mør | tender |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | moder | synonym of mor |
| 3 | Old Norse | móðir | mother |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōdēr | mother |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |