Where does “naturvidenskabsmand” come from?

naturvidenskabsmand (Danish) comes from Danish naturvidenskab, from Danish videnskab, from Dutch wetenschap, from Dutch weten, from Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch wītan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.

naturvidenskabsmand (Danish): natural scientist

Definitions

  1. natural scientist

Ancestry of “naturvidenskabsmand”, step by step

naturvidenskabsmand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish naturvidenskab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnaturvidenskabnatural science
2Danishvidenskabscience, scholarly knowledge, scholarship; any...
3Dutchwetenschapknowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,...
4Dutchwetento know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to
5Middle Dutchwētento know knowledge
6Old Dutchwītanto know
7Proto-West Germanicwītanto accuse, to blame
8Proto-Germanic*witaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Danish mand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmandman; husband
2Old Norsemannaccusative singular indefinite of maðr
3Proto-Germanic*mann-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóydeEvery word from Proto-Germanic *witaną