Where does “dobbelt” come from?

dobbelt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dobbelt (Norwegian Nynorsk): double; twice

Definitions

  1. double; twice

Ancestry of “dobbelt”, step by step

dobbelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French doble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdobledouble
2Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
3Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via Middle Low German dobbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandobbel—

Words derived from “dobbelt”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →