Where does “vårrengjøring” come from?

vårrengjøring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rengjøring, from Norwegian Bokmål rengjøre, from Norwegian Bokmål gjøre, from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz — resin.

vårrengjøring (Norwegian Bokmål): spring cleaning

Definitions

  1. spring cleaning

Ancestry of “vårrengjøring”, step by step

vårrengjøring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rengjøring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrengjøringcleaning
2Norwegian Bokmålrengjøreto clean
3Norwegian Bokmålgjøreto do
4Danishgøreto do, perform, execute; to make
5Old Danishgøræ—
6Old Norsegerato do, make
7Proto-Germanicgarwijanąto prepare
8Proto-Germanicgarwazready, prepared
9Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin

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-Germanic kweduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu →Every word from Old High German kuti →