Where does “fordypning” come from?

fordypning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fordype, from Norwegian Bokmål dyp, from Danish dyb, from Old Swedish diūp, from Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fordypning (Norwegian Bokmål): a depression, a hollow in terrain

Definitions

  1. a depression, a hollow in terrain

Ancestry of “fordypning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfordypeto deepen
2Norwegian Bokmåldypdeep; fast; profound
3Danishdybdeep; profound; deep, depth
4Old Swedishdiūp—
5Old Norsedjúpr"or"; deep
6Proto-Germanicdeupazdeep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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