Where does “regnskog” come from?
regnskog (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål regn, from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic regną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreǵ- — to flow.
regnskog (Norwegian Bokmål): a rainforest
Ancestry of “regnskog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | regn | rain; imperative of regne |
| 2 | Old Norse | regn | rain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | regną | rain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreǵ- | to flow |