Where does “uberegnelighed” come from?
uberegnelighed (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål uberegnelig, from Norwegian Bokmål beregnelig, from Norwegian Bokmål beregne, from German berechnen, from German rechnen, from Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-Germanic rekanōną — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
uberegnelighed (Danish): unpredictability
Definitions
- unpredictability
Ancestry of “uberegnelighed”, step by step
uberegnelighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål uberegnelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | uberegnelig | incalculable; unpredictable, erratic, capricious |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | beregnelig | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | beregne | to calculate |
| 4 | German | berechnen | to calculate; to compute |
| 5 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 6 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |