Where does “vannmangel” come from?
vannmangel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mangel, from German mangel, from Middle High German mange, from Latin manganum, from Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
vannmangel (Norwegian Bokmål): lack of water, water shortage
Definitions
- lack of water, water shortage
Ancestry of “vannmangel”, step by step
vannmangel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mangel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mangel | lack, want, absence; defect, flaw, deficiency,... |
| 2 | German | mangel | inflection of mangeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mange | mangle |
| 4 | Latin | manganum | manganese; mangonel |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | magnesia | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαγνησία | Magnesia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Norwegian Bokmål vann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vann | water; body of water; pond, lake; imperative of... |
| 2 | Danish | vand | water; sea; soft drink |
| 3 | Old Danish | watn | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | vatn | water; lake; waterway, river |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |