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Where does “dobbelthake” come from?

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

dobbelthake (Norwegian Nynorsk): a double chin

Definitions

  1. a double chin

Ancestry of “dobbelthake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskdobbeltdouble; twice
2Old Frenchdobledouble
3Latindūplus—
4Proto-Italic*duplos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →