Where does “uforståelighed” come from?
uforståelighed (Danish) comes from Danish uforståelig, from Danish forståelig, from Danish forstå, from Old Norse forstanda, from Middle Low German vorstān, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
uforståelighed (Danish): unintelligibility, incomprehensibility
Definitions
- unintelligibility, incomprehensibility
Ancestry of “uforståelighed”, step by step
uforståelighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish uforståelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | uforståelig | incomprehensible |
| 2 | Danish | forståelig | understandable |
| 3 | Danish | forstå | to understand |
| 4 | Old Norse | forstanda | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vorstān | to understand |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 7 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |