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Where does “vogn” come from?

vogn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European woǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

vogn (Norwegian Bokmål): a wagon in the original sense, but the word is...

Definitions

  1. a wagon in the original sense, but the word is...

Ancestry of “vogn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevagncart
2Proto-Germanicwagnazcart, wagon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵʰnoswagon, primitive carriage
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “vogn”

  • sporvogn
  • vogntog
  • stridsvogn
  • trekkvogn
  • barnevogn
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