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
- fortification(s)
Ancestry of “festningsanlegg”, step by step
festningsanlegg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk anlegg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | anlegg | (a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | anlegg | (a) plant industrial, an installation, equipment, a facility, a system |
| 3 | Danish | anlæg | a larger facility, plant or construction |
| 4 | Danish | anlægge | to create, plant, build, construct, establish |
| 5 | German | Anlage | public green area, site, park, garden; plant,... |
| 6 | German | anlegen | to create; to put on; to start a fight with |
| 7 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 8 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 9 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |