Where does “pæreformet” come from?

pæreformet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pære, from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

pæreformet (Norwegian Bokmål): pear-shaped

Definitions

  1. pear-shaped

Ancestry of “pæreformet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålpærea pear; any pear-shaped object, such as a bulb;...
2Old Norseperapear tree
3Old Englishperepear
4Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →