Where does “voldsbruk” come from?

voldsbruk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk bruk, from Middle Low German brūk.

voldsbruk (Norwegian Nynorsk): (use of) violence

Definitions

  1. (use of) violence

Ancestry of “voldsbruk”, step by step

voldsbruk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk bruk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbrukuse; farm, works, mill, factory; imperative of...
2Middle Low Germanbrūk—

via Proto-Slavic vold-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvold-—
Every word from Middle Low German brūk →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk bruk →