Where does “kunsteventyr” come from?

kunsteventyr (Danish) comes from Danish eventyr, from Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German êventü̂re, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō — in.

kunsteventyr (Danish): literary fairy tale; fairy tale written by a single author

Definitions

  1. literary fairy tale; fairy tale written by a single author

Ancestry of “kunsteventyr”, step by step

kunsteventyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish eventyr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisheventyradventure; fairy tale, folktale
2Old Norseæfintýr
3Middle Low Germanêventü̂rea noteworthy event
4Old Frenchaventureevent, happening, adventure
5Vulgar Latinadventura
6Late Latinadventurusadventure; about to arrive; an adventure
7Latinadventusarrival, approach, advent; Advent
8Latinadveniōto come to, to arrive
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Danish kunst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkunstart; artistry; skill
2Middle Low Germankunstart, artistry
3Old Saxonkunst
4Proto-Germanickunstizknowledge, ability
5Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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