Where does “fornuftig” come from?

fornuftig (Danish) comes from Danish fornuft, from Middle Low German vornuft.

fornuftig (Danish): reasonable, sensible

Definitions

  1. reasonable, sensible

Ancestry of “fornuftig”, step by step

fornuftig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish fornuft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfornuftreason, sense
2Middle Low Germanvornuft—

via Danish ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishig—
Every word from Middle Low German vornuft →Every word from Danish fornuft →