Where does “bønhørlig” come from?

bønhørlig (Danish) comes from Danish bønhøre, from Danish bøn, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

bønhørlig (Danish): exorable, persuadable (able to be persuaded; possible to stop or prevent)

Definitions

  1. exorable, persuadable (able to be persuaded; possible to stop or prevent)

Ancestry of “bønhørlig”, step by step

bønhørlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bønhøre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbønhøregrant, hear
2Danishbønrequest, plea; prayer
3Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
4Middle Frenchbongood
5Old Frenchbongood
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Danish lig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
2Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
3Middle Low Germanlīk
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “bønhørlig

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-Every word from Proto-Italic dwenosEvery word from Old Latin duenos
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