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Where does “misfornøjet” come from?

misfornøjet (Danish) comes from Danish mis-, from Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misfornøjet (Danish): displeased, dissatisfied

Definitions

  1. displeased, dissatisfied

Ancestry of “misfornøjet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmis-mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous
2Old Norsemis-mis-, wrong, erroneous
3Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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