Where does “etterligning” come from?
etterligning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål etterligne, from Norwegian Bokmål ligne, from Norwegian Bokmål lik, from Old Norse lík, from Middle Low German līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
etterligning (Norwegian Bokmål): an imitation or copy
Definitions
- an imitation or copy
Ancestry of “etterligning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | etterligne | to imitate, copy or emulate |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ligne | to look like, resemble, be similar to; to... |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | lik | similar, alike; equal; a corpse, body |
| 4 | Old Norse | lík | leechline; body; leech |
| 5 | Middle Low German | līk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |