Where does “anvendelse” come from?
anvendelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anvende, from German anwenden, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
anvendelse (Norwegian Bokmål): use, usage, application
Definitions
- use, usage, application
Ancestry of “anvendelse”, step by step
anvendelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål anvende
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | anvende | to use |
| 2 | German | anwenden | to use, apply, utilize or deploy |
| 3 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |