Where does “bestevenninne” come from?
bestevenninne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål beste, from Norwegian Bokmål mør, from Norwegian Bokmål moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
bestevenninne (Norwegian Bokmål): best friend
Ancestry of “bestevenninne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | beste | inflection of god:
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| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mør | tender |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | moder | synonym of mor |
| 4 | Old Norse | móðir | mother |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōdēr | mother |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |