abessinierbrønn

Norwegian Bokmål

New Abyssinian well (tube well) installed in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria with hand pump and motor pump.

Alternative forms

• abessinsk brønn

Etymology

abessinier +‎ brønn, first part Abyssinian from the place name Abyssinia, from the place name Abyssinia, from New Latin Abissini, either from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, “Abyssinia”), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abysinnian”), or from Amharic ሀበሻ (häbäša, “Habesha (The inhabitants of Abyssinia)”) + the ending -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words, both from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius. Last part from Old Norse bruðr, brunnr (“spring, well”), from Proto-Germanic *brunnô (“source, wellspring, fountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrun- (“a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source”), from *bʰrew- (“to boil, brew”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abəˈsiːnɪərbrœn/

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• Rhymes: -œn
• Hyphenation: ab‧es‧si‧ni‧er‧brønn

Noun

abessinierbrønn m (definite singular abessinierbrønnen, indefinite plural abessinierbrønner, definite plural abessinierbrønnene)

1. (engineering) a tube well (a well in which a stainless steel tube is bored directly down into an aquifer)

References

• “abessinierbrønn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).