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Where does “bagasjerom” come from?

bagasjerom (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk rom, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

bagasjerom (Norwegian Nynorsk): a boot or trunk

Definitions

  1. a boot or trunk

Ancestry of “bagasjerom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskromrum; room; space
2EnglishrumA distilled spirit derived from fermented cane...
3Ottoman Turkishروم—
4ArabicرُومByzantines
5Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
6Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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