Where does “avføring” come from?

avføring (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avføring (Norwegian Nynorsk): excrement, faeces, stool; defecation, bowel...

Definitions

  1. excrement, faeces, stool; defecation, bowel...

Ancestry of “avføring”, step by step

avføring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskavoff; not operating; from; of
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Norwegian Nynorsk føring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskføring—

Words derived from “avføring”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →