Where does “kubikkilometer” come from?

kubikkilometer (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kilometer, from Norwegian Nynorsk meter — a metre, or meter.

kubikkilometer (Norwegian Nynorsk): a cubic kilometre

Definitions

  1. a cubic kilometre

Ancestry of “kubikkilometer”, step by step

kubikkilometer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk kilometer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkilometera kilometre, or kilometer
2Norwegian Nynorskmetera metre, or meter

via Norwegian Nynorsk kubikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkubikk—
Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk meter →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk kilometer →