Where does “tilføjelse” come from?

tilføjelse (Danish) comes from Danish tilføje, from Danish føje, from Middle Low German vȫgen, from Old Saxon fōgian, from Proto-West Germanic fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic fōgijaną, from Proto-Germanic fōgō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

tilføjelse (Danish): addition

Definitions

  1. addition

Ancestry of “tilføjelse”, step by step

tilføjelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tilføje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtilføjeto add, append
2Danishføjeto join; to add; to indulge
3Middle Low Germanvȫgento join
4Old Saxonfōgianto add; to join
5Proto-West Germanicfōgijanto fit together, to join
6Proto-Germanicfōgijanąto fit or join together
7Proto-Germanicfōgōjoint, slot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fōgō →Every word from Proto-Germanic fōgijaną →