Where does “edelmetall” come from?

edelmetall (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk edel, from Low German edel.

edelmetall (Norwegian Nynorsk): a precious metal

Definitions

  1. a precious metal

Ancestry of “edelmetall”, step by step

edelmetall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk edel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskedelnoble
2Low Germanedel—

via Norwegian Nynorsk metall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmetalla metal
Every word from Low German edel →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk edel →