bomveg

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

bomvei

Etymology

bom +‎ veg, first part from either Middle Low German bōm, from Old Saxon bōm or from Dutch boom (“tree, beam, mast, boom”), from Middle Dutch bôom (“tree, beam, pole, boom barrier”), from Old Dutch bōm (“tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, *bagmaz (“tree, beam, balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”). Last part is an alternative spelling of vei (“road, way, path, direction”), from Old Norse vegr (“way, road”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʊmʋeːɡ/
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Rhymes: -eːɡ
Hyphenation: bom‧veg

Noun

bomveg m (definite singular bomvegen, indefinite plural bomveger, definite plural bomvegene)

Alternative spelling of bomvei

References

“bomveg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.