Where does “begivenhet” come from?
begivenhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Begebenheit, from German begeben, from German geben, from Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
begivenhet (Norwegian Bokmål): an event
Definitions
- an event
Ancestry of “begivenhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Begebenheit | incident, event, occurrence |
| 2 | German | begeben | to go, make one's way, repair; to happen; to... |
| 3 | German | geben | to give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | geben | to give |
| 5 | Old High German | geban | to give |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | geban | to give |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |