bomveg

• bomvei

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊmʋeːɡ/

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• Rhymes: -eːɡ
• Hyphenation: bom‧veg

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

1. Alternative spelling of bomvei

• “bomveg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.