Where does “samlebegrep” come from?

samlebegrep (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål samle, from Old Norse samna, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną.

samlebegrep (Norwegian Bokmål): a collective term

Definitions

  1. a collective term

Ancestry of “samlebegrep”, step by step

samlebegrep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål samle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsamleto collect, gather
2Old Norsesamnato collect, assemble
3Proto-Germanic*samnōną—

via Norwegian Bokmål begrep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbegrepa term; a concept or idea; simple past of begripe
2Middle Low Germanbegreb—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *samnōną →Every word from Old Norse samna →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål samle →