Where does “naboøy” come from?
naboøy (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nabo, from Danish nabo, from Old Norse nábúi, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from Malay buah, from Malay nona, from Portuguese dona — to build; to arrange, to put together.
naboøy (Norwegian Bokmål): a neighbouring island
Definitions
- a neighbouring island
Ancestry of “naboøy”, step by step
naboøy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål nabo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nabo | a neighbour / neighbor |
| 2 | Danish | nabo | neighbour |
| 3 | Old Norse | nábúi | neighbour |
| 4 | Old Norse | búi | dweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour... |
| 5 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 6 | Malay | buah | fruit |
| 7 | Malay | nona | miss, lady (young unmarried woman) |
| 8 | Portuguese | dona | female equivalent of dono; A title of address to... |
| 9 | Old Portuguese | dona | — |
| 10 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 11 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 12 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 13 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |