Where does “almenkendt” come from?

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

almenkendt (Danish): being common knowledge

Definitions

  1. being common knowledge

Ancestry of “almenkendt”, step by step

almenkendt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish almen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishalmencommon; public; general
2Swedishallmängeneral (universal)
3Old Norsealmennr—

via Danish kendt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkendtpast participle of kende; known; famous
Every word from Old Norse almennr →Every word from Swedish allmän →Every word from Danish almen →