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
Definitions
- wine cellar
Ancestry of “vinkjeller”, step by step
vinkjeller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kjeller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjeller | a basement or cellar |
| 2 | Old Norse | kellari | — |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |