Where does “russefeiring” come from?

russefeiring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål feiring, from Norwegian Bokmål feire, from Hungarian fejre, from German feiern, from Middle High German vīren, from Old High German fīrōn, from Latin ferior, from Latin fēriae — a holy day; a festival; a holiday.

russefeiring (Norwegian Bokmål): celebrations by high school students in the last month before they leave school

Definitions

  1. celebrations by high school students in the last month before they leave school

Ancestry of “russefeiring”, step by step

russefeiring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål feiring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfeiringa celebration
2Norwegian Bokmålfeireto celebrate
3Hungarianfejresublative singular of fej
4Germanfeiernto celebrate; to party; to love; to adore
5Middle High Germanvīren
6Old High Germanfīrōn
7Latinferiorto rest from work, to keep holiday; first-person...
8Latinfēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday

via Norwegian Bokmål russ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålruss
Every word from Latin fēriae