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
Ancestry of “vårrengjøring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rengjøring | cleaning |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | rengjøre | to clean |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøre | to do |
| 4 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 5 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |