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bomvei.

a toll road or turnpike (a road for the use of which a toll must be paid)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbum.ˌvei̯/[ˈbʊɱ.ˌʋæɪ̯]
  1. a toll road or turnpike (a road for the use of which a toll must be paid)

    masculine
  2. a road that is closed with a barrier

    masculine
Where this word comes from

bom + vei, 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 from Danish vej, from Old Norse vegr (“way, road”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).

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