Where does “ansiktsuttrykk” come from?
ansiktsuttrykk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål uttrykk, from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
ansiktsuttrykk (Norwegian Bokmål): a facial expression
Ancestry of “ansiktsuttrykk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | uttrykk | an expression; imperative of uttrykke |
| 2 | German | Ausdruck | expression, term; diction; expression,... |
| 3 | German | ausdrücken | to squeeze, to squeeze out; to express |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |