Where does “festningsanlegg” come from?

festningsanlegg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk anlegg, from Norwegian Bokmål anlegg, from Danish anlæg, from Danish anlægge, from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne — on, onto.

festningsanlegg (Norwegian Nynorsk): fortification(s)

Definitions

  1. fortification(s)

Ancestry of “festningsanlegg”, step by step

festningsanlegg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk anlegg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskanlegg(a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system
2Norwegian Bokmålanlegg(a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system
3Danishanlæga larger facility, plant or construction
4Danishanlæggeto create, plant, build, construct, establish
5GermanAnlagepublic green area, site, park, garden; plant,...
6Germananlegento create; to put on; to start a fight with
7Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
8Middle High Germanānewithout
9Old High Germanānawithout
10Proto-West Germanicanaon
11Proto-Germanic*an
12Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Norwegian Nynorsk festning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfestninga fort or fortress
2Middle Low Germanvesteningefortress
3Middle Low Germanvestento fasten, to secure
4Old Saxonfastsolid, firm
5Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
6Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-