Where does “sjimpanse” come from?

sjimpanse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English chimpanzee, from French chimpanzé — chimpanzee.

sjimpanse (Norwegian Bokmål): a chimpanzee, or chimp

Definitions

  1. a chimpanzee, or chimp

Ancestry of “sjimpanse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchimpanzeeA species of great ape in the genus "Pan", native...
2Frenchchimpanzéchimpanzee
Every word from French chimpanzé →Every word from English chimpanzee →