Where does “middelalderlitteratur” come from?

middelalderlitteratur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål middelalder, from German Mittelalter, from Latin medium aevum.

middelalderlitteratur (Norwegian Nynorsk): medieval literature

Definitions

  1. medieval literature

Ancestry of “middelalderlitteratur”, step by step

middelalderlitteratur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål middelalder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmiddelalderthe Middle Ages
2GermanMittelalterMiddle Ages; middle age; Middle-aged person or...
3Latinmedium aevum—

via Norwegian Nynorsk litteratur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsklitteraturliterature
Every word from Latin medium aevum →Every word from German Mittelalter →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål middelalder →
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