Where does “vårløk” come from?

vårløk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål løk, from Norwegian Bokmål lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.

vårløk (Norwegian Bokmål): a spring onion (British), scallion (American)

Definitions

  1. a spring onion (British), scallion (American)

Ancestry of “vårløk”, step by step

vårløk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål løk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålløkan onion
2Norwegian Bokmållokomotiva locomotive
3EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
4Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
5Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
6Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
7Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
8LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
9Proto-Italicmoweōto move
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Norwegian Bokmål vår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvårspring; our; ours
2Old Norsevárspring
3Old Norsevástoil, fatigue, from bad weather
4Proto-Norseᚹᚨᛋwas
5Proto-Germanicwasfirst/third-person singular past active...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wes-to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo
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