Where does “forsvarlig” come from?
forsvarlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish försvar, from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną — to give.
forsvarlig (Norwegian Bokmål): justifiable, defensible
Definitions
- justifiable, defensible
Ancestry of “forsvarlig”, step by step
forsvarlig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish försvar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | försvar | a defence |
| 2 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 4 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 5 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 7 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |