Where does “tollbod” come from?
tollbod (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.
tollbod (Norwegian Bokmål): a custom house or customs house
Definitions
- a custom house or customs house
Ancestry of “tollbod”, step by step
tollbod 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 bod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bod | store room, booth |