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Where does “anlegg” come from?

anlegg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anlegg, from Danish anlæg, from Danish anlægge, from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.

anlegg (Norwegian Nynorsk): plant , an installation, equipment, a facility, a...

Definitions

  1. plant , an installation, equipment, a facility, a...

Ancestry of “anlegg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålanleggplant , an installation, equipment, a facility, a...
2Danishanlæg—
3Danishanlægge—
4GermanAnlagepublic green area, site, park, garden; plant,...
5Germananlegento create; to put on; to start a fight with
6Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
7Middle High Germanānewithout
8Old High Germanānawithout
9Proto-West Germanicanaon
10Proto-Germanic*an—
11Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “anlegg”

  • forbrenningsanlegg
  • stereoanlegg
  • eksosanlegg
  • klimaanlegg
  • kloakkanlegg
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