ABC-område

See also: abc-område

Norwegian Bokmål

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”).

ABC-område n (definite singular ABC-området, indefinite plural ABC-områder, definite plural ABC-områda or ABC-områdene)

(military) a field of study comprising of knowledge about atomic, biological and chemical weapons
- 2001 October 11, Adresseavisen, page 7:
  beredskapen i Norge er … ikke mye å skryte av innenfor ABC-området, der atom-, biologiske- og kjemiske våpen inngår
  emergency preparedness in Norway is… not much to brag about within the ABC area, where nuclear, biological and chemical weapons are included