Where does “buss-stopp” come from?
buss-stopp (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk buss, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
buss-stopp (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bus stop
Definitions
- a bus stop
Ancestry of “buss-stopp”, step by step
buss-stopp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk buss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | buss | bus; a quid of chewing tobacco; The middel,... |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |