Where does “almengørelse” come from?

almengørelse (Danish) comes from Danish almengøre, from Danish almen, from Swedish allmän, from Old Norse almennr.

almengørelse (Danish): generalization

Definitions

  1. generalization

Ancestry of “almengørelse”, step by step

almengørelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish almengøre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishalmengøreto generalize; make general, common, universal
2Danishalmencommon; public; general
3Swedishallmängeneral (universal)
4Old Norsealmennr—

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Old Norse almennr →Every word from Swedish allmän →Every word from Danish almen →
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