Where does “transportåre” come from?

transportåre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål åre, from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic ēþrō, from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- — stomach, intestines.

transportåre (Norwegian Bokmål): a transport artery

Definitions

  1. a transport artery

Ancestry of “transportåre”, step by step

transportåre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål åre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålårea vein; an oar used for rowing
2Old Norseæðrvein; eider
3Proto-Germanicēþrōvein
4Proto-Indo-Europeanēt-er-stomach, intestines

via Norwegian Bokmål transport

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltransporttransport, transportation
2Medieval Latintransportus—
3Latintrānsportāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēþrō →Every word from Old Norse æðr →