Where does “finurlighed” come from?
finurlighed (Danish) comes from Danish finurlig, from Swedish finurlig, from Swedish naturlig, from Swedish natur, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
finurlighed (Danish): cleverness, ingenuity, quirkiness
Definitions
- cleverness, ingenuity, quirkiness
Ancestry of “finurlighed”, step by step
finurlighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish finurlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | finurlig | quirky, clever, subtle, whimsical, smart |
| 2 | Swedish | finurlig | inclined to come up with fairly nifty solutions to (practical) problems; clever, resourceful, shrewd |
| 3 | Swedish | naturlig | natural |
| 4 | Swedish | natur | nature |
| 5 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |