Where does “etterlikne” come from?
etterlikne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål etter, from Old Norse ettir, from Proto-Germanic aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.
etterlikne (Norwegian Bokmål): alternative form of etterligne
Definitions
- alternative form of etterligne
Ancestry of “etterlikne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | etter | after |
| 2 | Old Norse | ettir | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aftiri | more aft, further behind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |
Words derived from “etterlikne”