Where does “elvebåt” come from?

elvebåt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk båt, from Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

elvebåt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a riverboat

Definitions

  1. a riverboat

Ancestry of “elvebåt”, step by step

elvebåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk båt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbåta boat
2Old Norsebátrboat
3Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
4Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
5Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Norwegian Nynorsk elv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskelva river; an elf
2Old Norseelfrriver
3Proto-Germanicalbīriver
4LatinAlbis—
5LatinAlbeus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →