Where does “hævdelse” come from?

hævdelse (Danish) comes from Danish hævde, from Old Danish hæfthæ, from Old Norse hefða — to acquire prescriptive rights.

hævdelse (Danish): to maintain, enforce

Definitions

  1. to maintain, enforce

Ancestry of “hævdelse”, step by step

hævdelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish hævde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhævdeto claim; to claim, maintain, insist, assert,...
2Old Danishhæfthæ—
3Old Norsehefðato acquire prescriptive rights

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure

Words derived from “hævdelse”

Every word from Old Norse hefða →Every word from Old Danish hæfthæ →Every word from Danish hævde →