Where does “grundantagelse” come from?
grundantagelse (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål antagelse, from Norwegian Bokmål anta, from Danish antage, from German annehmen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.
grundantagelse (Danish): fundamental assumption
Definitions
- fundamental assumption
Ancestry of “grundantagelse”, step by step
grundantagelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål antagelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | antagelse | alternative form of antakelse |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | anta | to assume, presume; to accept, approve |
| 3 | Danish | antage | assume, presume |
| 4 | German | annehmen | to assume, to suppose; to receive; to accept |
| 5 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 6 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 8 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Danish grund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | grund | shallow; reason; motive |
| 2 | Old Norse | grund | green field, grassy plain |
| 3 | Esperanto | grundo | ground, dirt, soil |
| 4 | German | Grund | ground, land; bottom; reason; motive |
| 5 | Middle High German | grunt | — |
| 6 | Old High German | grunt | ground |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | grundu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grunduz | ground, foundation |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrem- | to be angry; to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |