Where does “fjonete” come from?

fjonete (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ete, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

fjonete (Norwegian Bokmål): downy, feathery, fluffy, soft

Definitions

  1. downy, feathery, fluffy, soft

Ancestry of “fjonete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-eteforming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ete →