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

Definitions

  1. a traffic warden

Ancestry of “parkeringsvakt”, step by step

parkeringsvakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål parkering

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålparkeringparking
2Norwegian Bokmålparkereto park
3Frenchparquerto pen, corral; to park
4Frenchparcpark; playpen; pen
5Middle Frenchparcenclosure
6Old Frenchparcenclosed area, often fenced off, often in a...
7Medieval Latinparcusenclosure; sparing, frugal; scanty, slight
8Frankishparrikenclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area
9Proto-Germanicparrukazfence; enclosure

via Norwegian Bokmål vakt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvakta guard; a watch; past participle of vekke
2Middle Low Germanwachtwatch
3Proto-Germanicwahtwōwatch, vigil
4Proto-Germanicwakanąto wake, be awake, arise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong
Every word from Proto-Germanic parrukaz →Every word from Frankish parrik →Every word from Medieval Latin parcus →
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