Where does “bekvemmelighed” come from?

bekvemmelighed (Danish) comes from Danish hed, from Old Danish het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

bekvemmelighed (Danish): comfort, convenience, ease

Definitions

  1. comfort, convenience, ease

Ancestry of “bekvemmelighed”, step by step

bekvemmelighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish hed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhedimperative of hedde; past tense of hedde
2Old Danishhet—
3Old Norseheitrhot
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål bekvemmelig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbekvemmeligconvenient
2Middle Low Germanbequemelik—
3Middle Low Germanbequēme—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →