Where does “turistmål” come from?

turistmål (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mål, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

turistmål (Norwegian Bokmål): a tourist destination

Definitions

  1. a tourist destination

Ancestry of “turistmål”, step by step

turistmål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål mål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmållanguage, dialect; aim, goal, purpose, target,...
2Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
3Old Frenchmole
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Norwegian Bokmål turist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålturista tourist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus