Where does “akt” come from?

akt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Akt, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

akt (Norwegian Bokmål): an act, ceremony; an act; a nude model

Definitions

  1. an act, ceremony; an act; a nude model

Ancestry of “akt”, step by step

akt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Akt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAktact; nude; artwork of a naked person
2Latināctusmade, done, having been done
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Middle Low German acht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanachtarrest of the king, ostracism, exclusion from the secular legal community
2Proto-West Germanicą̄htupersecution
3Proto-Germanicahjanąto think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “akt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →