Where does “virkelighedsflugt” come from?
virkelighedsflugt (Danish) comes from Danish virkelighed, from Danish virkelig, from German wirklich, from German wirken, from Middle High German wirken, from Old High German wirken, from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną — to make.
virkelighedsflugt (Danish): escapism
Definitions
- escapism
Ancestry of “virkelighedsflugt”, step by step
virkelighedsflugt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish virkelighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | virkelighed | reality |
| 2 | Danish | virkelig | real |
| 3 | German | wirklich | real; really, actually |
| 4 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 5 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Danish flugt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | flugt | escape, flight to get away from something |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |