Where does “våpenskjold” come from?
våpenskjold (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skjold, from Danish skjold, from Old Danish skiold, from Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.
våpenskjold (Norwegian Bokmål): a coat of arms
Ancestry of “våpenskjold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skjold | a shield |
| 2 | Danish | skjold | shield, buckler; shield, shell, carapace; blotch,... |
| 3 | Old Danish | skiold | shield |
| 4 | Old Norse | skjǫldr | a shield |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skelduz | shield |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)keit- | — |