Where does “komposthaug” come from?
komposthaug (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kompost, from French compost, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
komposthaug (Norwegian Nynorsk): a compost heap
Definitions
- a compost heap
Ancestry of “komposthaug”, step by step
komposthaug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kompost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kompost | compost; a compost heap |
| 2 | French | compost | compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compostum | — |
| 4 | Latin | compositum | inflection of compositus: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 6 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |