abc-område
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
abc + område, first part borrowed from English atomic, biological and chemical. Last part from Swedish område (“area”), a compound of both om (“around”), from Old Norse um (“about, concerning, round”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“around, about, facing, against”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, from *h₂énts (“forehead, front”), from *h₂ent- (with the suffix *-s), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”) + and of råda (“to advise; rule, reign”), from Old Swedish rāþa (“to ensure, equip, rule, decide”), from Old Norse ráða (“advise, counsel, discuss, plan”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“to decide, advise”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hréh₁dʰeti, from both *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”), possibly from *h₂reh₁- (“to think, reason, arrange”) (with the suffix *éh₁ti), from *h₂er- (“to fix, fit, put together”) + and from *-dʰh₁eti (forms resultative verbs), from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːbɛˈseːɔmɾɔdə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdə
- Hyphenation: a‧b‧c‧om‧rå‧de
- Homophones: abc-området, ABC-området, ABC-område
Noun
abc-område n (definite singular abc-området, indefinite plural abc-områder, definite plural abc-områda or abc-områdene)
- Alternative spelling of ABC-område
Related terms
References
- “ABC-område” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).