Where does “dobbelthet” come from?
dobbelthet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.
dobbelthet (Norwegian Bokmål): duality
Ancestry of “dobbelthet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | het | hot; simple past of hete |
| 2 | Old Norse | heitr | hot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitaz | hot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | — |