Where does “ønskeliste” come from?

ønskeliste (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ønske, from Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European wun-.

ønskeliste (Norwegian Bokmål): a wish list

Definitions

  1. a wish list

Ancestry of “ønskeliste”, step by step

ønskeliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ønske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålønskea wish; a desire; to wish
2Old Norseóskwish
3Proto-Germanicwunskazwish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwun-—

via Norwegian Bokmål liste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållistea list; to list

Words derived from “ønskeliste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wun- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wunskaz →Every word from Old Norse ósk →