Where does “enhet” come from?
enhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German einheitlich, from German -lich, from Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.
enhet (Norwegian Bokmål): an entity; a unit; unity
Definitions
- an entity; a unit; unity
Ancestry of “enhet”, step by step
enhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German einheitlich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | einheitlich | uniform, unified |
| 2 | German | -lich | an adjectival suffix; an adverbial suffix |
| 3 | Middle High German | -lich | -ly |
| 4 | Old High German | -līh | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |