Where does “allmennhet” come from?

allmennhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

allmennhet (Norwegian Bokmål): the public

Definitions

  1. the public

Ancestry of “allmennhet”, step by step

allmennhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål allmenn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålallmennwhich applies to all; public; common, ordinary,...
2Old Norsealmennr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →