Where does “akt” come from?
akt (Danish) comes from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
akt (Danish): act, file; act; nude, artwork of a naked person
Definitions
- act, file; act; nude, artwork of a naked person
Ancestry of “akt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | āctus | — |
| 2 | Latin | agō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |