Where does “bemyndige” come from?

bemyndige (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål be, from Danish bede, from Middle Low German bēye, from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

bemyndige (Norwegian Bokmål): to empower

Definitions

  1. to empower

Ancestry of “bemyndige”, step by step

bemyndige traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbeto pray; to ask something of someone
2Danishbedebeet; wether; to ask, request
3Middle Low Germanbēye
4LatinbētaA beet
5Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
6Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Danish myndig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmyndigauthoritative, commanding, of age

via Norwegian Bokmål myndig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmyndig

Words derived from “bemyndige

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Latin -ina