Where does “vinkjeller” come from?
vinkjeller (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjeller, from Old Norse kellari, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
vinkjeller (Norwegian Bokmål): wine cellar
Ancestry of “vinkjeller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjeller | a basement or cellar |
| 2 | Old Norse | kellari | — |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |