Where does “mellomnorsk” come from?
mellomnorsk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk norsk, from Middle Norwegian nornskr, from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Old Norse norðrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.
mellomnorsk (Norwegian Nynorsk): Middle Norwegian
Ancestry of “mellomnorsk”, step by step