Where does “bærekraft” come from?

bærekraft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kraft, from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

bærekraft (Norwegian Bokmål): sustainability

Definitions

  1. sustainability

Ancestry of “bærekraft”, step by step

bærekraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkrafta force; power; i kraft - in force
2Old Norsekraptrstrength
3Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Norwegian Bokmål bære

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbæreto bear; endure; to wear; to support; bear; carry
2Old Norseberato carry, to bear; to make bare; female bear
3Proto-Germanicberanąto carry, to bear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →