Where does “søppelbøtte” come from?

søppelbøtte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bøtte, from Old Norse bytta — small tub, pail, bucket.

søppelbøtte (Norwegian Bokmål): a rubbish bin (UK), garbage can (US)

Definitions

  1. a rubbish bin (UK), garbage can (US)

Ancestry of “søppelbøtte”, step by step

søppelbøtte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bøtte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbøttea bucket
2Old Norsebyttasmall tub, pail, bucket

via Norwegian Bokmål søppel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsøppelgarbage (US), trash (US)
Every word from Old Norse bytta →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål bøtte →