Where does “vestafrikansk” come from?
vestafrikansk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vest, from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
vestafrikansk (Norwegian Bokmål): West African
Definitions
- West African
Ancestry of “vestafrikansk”, step by step
vestafrikansk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vest | west; a waistcoat |
| 2 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 3 | French | veste | jacket |
| 4 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Norwegian Bokmål afrikansk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | afrikansk | African |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | Afrika | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | -sk | -ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -skr | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |