Where does “fjernundervisning” come from?

fjernundervisning (Danish) comes from Danish undervisning, from Danish -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

fjernundervisning (Danish): remote teaching

Definitions

  1. remote teaching

Ancestry of “fjernundervisning”, step by step

fjernundervisning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish undervisning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishundervisningeducation, schooling
2Danish-ningAlternative form of -ing; -ing; action of
3Old Norse-ning—

via Danish fjern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfjerndistant; remote; faraway, far-off
Every word from Old Norse -ning →Every word from Danish -ning →Every word from Danish undervisning →