Where does “fjerntliggende” come from?

fjerntliggende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fjern — distant, faraway, remote; imperative of fjerne.

fjerntliggende (Norwegian Bokmål): distant, faraway, remote, far-off

Definitions

  1. distant, faraway, remote, far-off

Ancestry of “fjerntliggende”, step by step

fjerntliggende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fjern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfjerndistant, faraway, remote; imperative of fjerne

via Norwegian Bokmål liggende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålliggendepresent participle of ligge; present participle...
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål fjern
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