Where does “tollfri” come from?
tollfri (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk toll, from Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης — price.
tollfri (Norwegian Nynorsk): duty-free
Ancestry of “tollfri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | toll | duty; customs |
| 2 | Old Norse | tollr | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tol | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | tolna | — |
| 5 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 6 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |