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Where does “fartshump” come from?

fartshump (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk fart, from Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard, from Proto-West Germanic fardi, from Proto-Germanic fardiz, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

fartshump (Norwegian Nynorsk): a road hump, speed bump, speed hump

Definitions

  1. a road hump, speed bump, speed hump

Ancestry of “fartshump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfartspeed, velocity; movement, motion; transport,...
2Middle Low Germanvart—
3Old Saxonfardtraffic, journey
4Proto-West Germanicfardijourney, voyage
5Proto-Germanicfardizjourney, voyage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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