Where does “begrenset” come from?
begrenset (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål begrense, from German begrenzen, from German grenzen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
begrenset (Norwegian Bokmål): limited, restricted; simple past and past...
Definitions
- limited, restricted; simple past and past...
Ancestry of “begrenset”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | begrense | to limit |
| 2 | German | begrenzen | to limit, to delimit, to restrict, to confine |
| 3 | German | grenzen | to border |
| 4 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |