Where does “parkeringsvakt” come from?
parkeringsvakt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål parkering, from Norwegian Bokmål parkere, from French parquer, from French parc, from Middle French parc, from Old French parc, from Medieval Latin parcus, from Frankish parrik — fence; enclosure.
parkeringsvakt (Norwegian Bokmål): a traffic warden
Ancestry of “parkeringsvakt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | parkering | parking |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | parkere | to park |
| 3 | French | parquer | to pen, corral; to park |
| 4 | French | parc | park; playpen; pen |
| 5 | Middle French | parc | enclosure |
| 6 | Old French | parc | enclosed area, often fenced off, often in a... |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | parcus | enclosure; sparing, frugal; scanty, slight |
| 8 | Frankish | parrik | enclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | parrukaz | fence; enclosure |