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Where does “betraktning” come from?

betraktning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

betraktning (Norwegian Bokmål): consideration

Definitions

  1. consideration

Ancestry of “betraktning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ningused to form nouns, usually from verbs
2Old Norse-ning—
Every word from Old Norse -ning →