Where does “snømengde” come from?
snømengde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mengde, from Norwegian Bokmål mang en, from Norwegian Bokmål én, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
snømengde (Norwegian Bokmål): an amount or quantity of snow
Definitions
- an amount or quantity of snow
Ancestry of “snømengde”, step by step
snømengde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mengde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mengde | great number, lots of, numerous; amount,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mang en | many a; One out of many, many; much, a lot; many,... |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | én | stressed form of en |
| 4 | Old Norse | einn | one; some, a few |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ainaz | one; some |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |