Where does “ammetåke” come from?

ammetåke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tåke, from Old Norse þoka, from Proto-Germanic þukōną — to fog, be misty.

ammetåke (Norwegian Bokmål): a whimsy, and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding

Definitions

  1. a whimsy, and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding

Ancestry of “ammetåke”, step by step

ammetåke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tåke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltåkea fog or mist; a nebula
2Old Norseþokafog, mist
3Proto-Germanicþukōnąto fog, be misty

via Norwegian Bokmål amme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålammea wet nurse; to breastfeed
2Low Germanamme—
Every word from Proto-Germanic þukōną →Every word from Old Norse þoka →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål tåke →