Where does “handelsflåte” come from?

handelsflåte (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk flåte, from Old Norse flata.

handelsflåte (Norwegian Nynorsk): a merchant fleet

Definitions

  1. a merchant fleet

Ancestry of “handelsflåte”, step by step

handelsflåte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk flåte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskflåteraft; fleet; big man
2Old Norseflata—

via Norwegian Nynorsk handel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhandeltrade; a shop
Every word from Old Norse flata →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk flåte →