Where does “gjennomsnittsfart” come from?

gjennomsnittsfart (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.

gjennomsnittsfart (Norwegian Nynorsk): average speed

Definitions

  1. average speed

Ancestry of “gjennomsnittsfart”, step by step

gjennomsnittsfart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk fart

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

via Norwegian Nynorsk gjennomsnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgjennomsnittan average
2GermanDurchschnittaverage; intersection
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fardiz →