Where does “forsvarsløshed” come from?
forsvarsløshed (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forsvarsløs, from Norwegian Bokmål -løs, from Danish -løs, from Danish løs, from Danish losse, from Dutch lossen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en — he, she.
forsvarsløshed (Danish): defenselessness, vulnerability
Definitions
- defenselessness, vulnerability
Ancestry of “forsvarsløshed”, step by step
forsvarsløshed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forsvarsløs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forsvarsløs | defenceless (UK), or defenseless (US) |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -løs | -less |
| 3 | Danish | -løs | -less |
| 4 | Danish | løs | loose, not tight |
| 5 | Danish | losse | to unload, discharge cargo |
| 6 | Dutch | lossen | to unload; to dump |
| 7 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 9 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |