Where does “tilbageholdende” come from?

tilbageholdende (Danish) comes from Danish tilbage, from Old Danish tillbaghe.

tilbageholdende (Danish): reticent

Definitions

  1. reticent

Ancestry of “tilbageholdende”, step by step

tilbageholdende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tilbage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtilbageback; left, remaining; backwards
2Old Danishtillbaghe—

via Danish holdende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishholdende—
Every word from Old Danish tillbaghe →Every word from Danish tilbage →