Where does “snusdåse” come from?

snusdåse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dåse, from Low German dose.

snusdåse (Norwegian Bokmål): a snuffbox

Definitions

  1. a snuffbox

Ancestry of “snusdåse”, step by step

snusdåse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål dåse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldåsetin, can, box; cunt, pussy
2Low Germandose—

via Norwegian Bokmål snus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsnussnuff; passive form of snu
2Norwegian Bokmålsnuseto sniff
Every word from Low German dose →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål dåse →