Where does “sandsynlig” come from?
sandsynlig (Danish) comes from German wahrscheinlich, from Dutch waarschijnlijk, from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sandsynlig (Danish): likely
Definitions
- likely
Ancestry of “sandsynlig”, step by step
sandsynlig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German wahrscheinlich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wahrscheinlich | likely, probable, plausible; probably, likely |
| 2 | Dutch | waarschijnlijk | probably; probable, likely |
| 3 | French | vraisemblable | plausible, likely |
| 4 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 5 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 6 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |