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Where does “golfklubb” come from?

golfklubb (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.

golfklubb (Norwegian Nynorsk): a golf club

Definitions

  1. a golf club

Ancestry of “golfklubb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgolfgolf; a gulf
2Frenchgolfegulf; first-person singular present indicative of...
3Italiangolfogulf
4Latincolfos—
5Latincolpusstroke; strike; hit
6Ancient Greekκόλποςbosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelp-to bend; to curve, arch
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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