Where does “tvangstrøye” come from?
tvangstrøye (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk trøye, from Old Norse treyja, from Middle Low German troye, from Old French troie — coat from Troyes.
tvangstrøye (Norwegian Nynorsk): a straitjacket
Definitions
- a straitjacket
Ancestry of “tvangstrøye”, step by step
tvangstrøye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.