Where does “tollbarriere” come from?
tollbarriere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål toll, from Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης — price.
tollbarriere (Norwegian Bokmål): tariff barrier
Definitions
- tariff barrier
Ancestry of “tollbarriere”, step by step
tollbarriere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål toll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | toll | duty; customs |
| 2 | Old Norse | tollr | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tol | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | tolna | — |
| 5 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 6 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via Norwegian Bokmål barriere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | barriere | a barrier |
| 2 | French | barrière | barrier; fence |
| 3 | Old French | barriere | — |
| 4 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 6 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |