Where does “forvitring” come from?
forvitring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forvitre, from German verwittern, from German wittern, from Middle High German witeren, from Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar, from Proto-Germanic wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰrom — to blow.
forvitring (Norwegian Bokmål): weathering
Ancestry of “forvitring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forvitre | to crumble, disintegrate; to weather |
| 2 | German | verwittern | To erode; To overhaul the smell of a place to... |
| 3 | German | wittern | to scent; to smell something far with a good... |
| 4 | Middle High German | witeren | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | weter | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wetar | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wedrą | weather |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰrom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |