Where does “utænkelighed” come from?
utænkelighed (Danish) comes from Danish utænkelig, from Danish tænkelig, from Danish lig, from Old Norse lík, from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
utænkelighed (Danish): inconceivability, inconceivableness
Definitions
- inconceivability, inconceivableness
Ancestry of “utænkelighed”, step by step
utænkelighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish utænkelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | utænkelig | unthinkable |
| 2 | Danish | tænkelig | believable, possible |
| 3 | Danish | lig | equal to; like, similar to; body, corpse |
| 4 | Old Norse | lík | leechline; body; leech |
| 5 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |