Where does “svømmebasseng” come from?

svømmebasseng (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål basseng, from French bassin, from Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.

svømmebasseng (Norwegian Bokmål): a swimming pool

Definitions

  1. a swimming pool

Ancestry of “svømmebasseng”, step by step

svømmebasseng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål basseng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbassenga pool; a basin
2Frenchbassinpond, ornamental lake, basin; bowl, bedpan; basin
3Middle Frenchbassinbasin
4Old Frenchbacinbasin
5Vulgar Latinbaccinumwide bowl
6Late Latinbaccawine jug

via Norwegian Bokmål svømme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsvømmeto swim
2Old Norsesvimmato swim
3Proto-Germanicswimmanąto be unsteady; to swim; float
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswem(bʰ)-to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim
Every word from Late Latin bacca →Every word from Vulgar Latin baccinum →Every word from Old French bacin →