Where does “antageligvis” come from?
antageligvis (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål antagelig, from Danish antagelig, from Danish antage, from German annehmen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.
antageligvis (Norwegian Bokmål): probably
Ancestry of “antageligvis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | antagelig | probably |
| 2 | Danish | antagelig | — |
| 3 | Danish | antage | — |
| 4 | German | annehmen | to assume, to suppose; to receive; to accept |
| 5 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 6 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 8 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |