Hey Andrew! Thanks for adding comments to other readers’ questions, I loved the prompt to look up askepott/Askepott!

Pinne in pinnekjøtt can refer to the birch sticks/branches (pinner) the meat is steamed on. Traditionally, branches from the forest but these days, they’re sold in the shop.

Askepott = Cinderella, and en askepott, according to Norsk akademis ordbok, refers to aske=ash + en pott=someone who digs (female). Admittedly, I’ve never heard the word askepott used in any other context that Askepott /Cinderella, and I’m simply referring to the dictionary’s etymology.

Ashtray is askebeger.

Actually “askepott” means ashtray, but if capitalized “Askepott” it means Cinderella. I spent about 20 years in Norwegian and translated Norwegian/Danish to English. It took several years to figure out their way of making new words by combining words. Sometimes the meaning changes drastically, so you can’t always break down the word into its constituent parts to get its meaning.

Take the above word, pinnekjøtt, for example. Pinne means “stick”, or “pin” (verb), kjøtt means meat. Put it together though and it means lamb ribs. Try lamb ribs in google translate though, and it will give you lammeribbe, which is the same. Figure that out. 🙂