Where does “åpen” come from?

åpen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse opinn, from Proto-Germanic upanaz, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

åpen (Norwegian Bokmål): open; free

Definitions

  1. open; free

Ancestry of “åpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseopinnopen
2Proto-Germanicupanazopen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “åpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic upanaz →