Where does “fordelaktig” come from?

fordelaktig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -aktig, from Middle Low German -achtig.

fordelaktig (Norwegian Bokmål): advantageous, beneficial, favourable

Definitions

  1. advantageous, beneficial, favourable

Ancestry of “fordelaktig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-aktigcreates adjectives; -like, -ish
2Middle Low German-achtig—
Every word from Middle Low German -achtig →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -aktig →
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