Where does “planovergang” come from?
planovergang (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål plan, from German plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
planovergang (Norwegian Bokmål): a level crossing (UK), or grade crossing (US)
Definitions
- a level crossing (UK), or grade crossing (US)
Ancestry of “planovergang”, step by step
planovergang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål plan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | plan | a plan; a level or plane |
| 2 | German | plan | planar, flat; plain, forthright |
| 3 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 4 | French | plain | plane |
| 5 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 6 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Norwegian Bokmål overgang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | overgang | a crossing; a transition; a transfer |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 3 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |