Where does “bjørkesaft” come from?

bjørkesaft (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk saft, from German Saft, from Middle High German Saft, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

bjørkesaft (Norwegian Nynorsk): birch sap

Definitions

  1. birch sap

Ancestry of “bjørkesaft”, step by step

bjørkesaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksaftjuice
2GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
3Middle High GermanSaft—
4Old High Germansaf—
5Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
6Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via Norwegian Nynorsk bjørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbjørka birch tree; birch
2Icelandicbjörka birch tree
3Old Norsebjǫrkbirch, birch tree
4Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old High German saf →