Where does “mangroveskog” come from?

mangroveskog (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mangrove, from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.

mangroveskog (Norwegian Nynorsk): a mangrove forest

Definitions

  1. a mangrove forest

Ancestry of “mangroveskog”, step by step

mangroveskog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk mangrove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmangrovemangrove tree or forest
2EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
3Englishmangrow—
4Portuguesemanguemangrove
5Spanishmanglemangrove

via Norwegian Nynorsk skog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskskogforest, wood
2Old Norseskógrwood, forest
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood
Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →