Where does “betongsag” come from?

betongsag (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk betong, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betongsag (Norwegian Nynorsk): a concrete saw

Definitions

  1. a concrete saw

Ancestry of “betongsag”, step by step

betongsag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk betong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbetongconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Norwegian Nynorsk såg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksågpast tense of sjå
2Old Norsesǫgsaw
3Proto-Germanicsagōsaw
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →
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