Where does “bekvemmelighet” come from?

bekvemmelighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

bekvemmelighet (Norwegian Bokmål): amenity, comfort, convenience

Definitions

  1. amenity, comfort, convenience

Ancestry of “bekvemmelighet”, step by step

bekvemmelighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål bekvemmelig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbekvemmeligconvenient
2Middle Low Germanbequemelik—
3Middle Low Germanbequēme—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →