Where does “golfkølle” come from?
golfkølle (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk golf, from French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Latin colfos, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
golfkølle (Norwegian Nynorsk): golf club
Definitions
- golf club
Ancestry of “golfkølle”, step by step
golfkølle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | golf | golf; a gulf |
| 2 | French | golfe | gulf; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 4 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |