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Where does “bevegelig” come from?

bevegelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -lig, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

bevegelig (Norwegian Bokmål): movable, mobile

Definitions

  1. movable, mobile

Ancestry of “bevegelig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-lig-le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...
2Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “bevegelig”

  • ubevegelig
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