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Where does “sørvestlig” come from?

sørvestlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sørvest, from Norwegian Bokmål vest, from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.

sørvestlig (Norwegian Bokmål): south-west or southwest; south-western or...

Definitions

  1. south-west or southwest; south-western or...

Ancestry of “sørvestlig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsørvestsouth-west / southwest; south-west, southwest
2Norwegian Bokmålvestwest; a waistcoat
3Danishvestthe west; toward the west, westwards; A vest
4Frenchvestejacket
5Italianvestedress; clothes; appearance, capacity
6Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
7Latinlīnea—
8Latinlīnum—
9Proto-Italiclīnom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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