Where does “språkbruk” come from?

språkbruk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bruk, from Middle Low German brūk.

språkbruk (Norwegian Bokmål): language use or usage, linguistic usage

Definitions

  1. language use or usage, linguistic usage

Ancestry of “språkbruk”, step by step

språkbruk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål bruk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbrukuse; farm, works, mill, factory; imperative of...
2Middle Low Germanbrūk—

via Norwegian Bokmål språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspråklanguage
2Middle Low Germansprake—
Every word from Middle Low German brūk →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål bruk →