Where does “regnskapsår” come from?
regnskapsår (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål regnskap, from Norwegian Bokmål skap, from Old Norse skap, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skāp, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
regnskapsår (Norwegian Bokmål): financial year
Definitions
- financial year
Ancestry of “regnskapsår”, step by step
regnskapsår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål regnskap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | regnskap | accounts |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | skap | a closet; a cupboard; imperative of skape |
| 3 | Old Norse | skap | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |