Where does “ordforråd” come from?

ordforråd (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk ord, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

ordforråd (Norwegian Nynorsk): a vocabulary

Definitions

  1. a vocabulary

Ancestry of “ordforråd”, step by step

ordforråd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk ord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskorda word
2Old Norseorðword
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Norwegian Nynorsk forråd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskforråda stock, store, supply
2GermanVorratsupply, stock, store, reserve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →
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