Where does “plassmangel” come from?
plassmangel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mangel, from German mangel, from Middle High German mange, from Latin manganum, from Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
plassmangel (Norwegian Bokmål): a lack or shortage of space
Definitions
- a lack or shortage of space
Ancestry of “plassmangel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mangel | lack, want, absence; defect, flaw, deficiency,... |
| 2 | German | mangel | inflection of mangeln:
## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mange | mangle |
| 4 | Latin | manganum | manganese; mangonel |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | magnesia | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαγνησία | Magnesia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |