Where does “eksakthet” come from?

eksakthet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

eksakthet (Norwegian Bokmål): accuracy, exactitude, exactness, precision,...

Definitions

  1. accuracy, exactitude, exactness, precision,...

Ancestry of “eksakthet”, step by step

eksakthet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål eksakt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåleksaktexact; exactly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-Every word from Proto-Germanic haitazEvery word from Old Norse heitr