Where does “fruktighet” come from?
fruktighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fruktig, from Norwegian Bokmål -ig, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
fruktighet (Norwegian Bokmål): fruitiness
Definitions
- fruitiness
Ancestry of “fruktighet”, step by step
fruktighet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fruktig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fruktig | fruity |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 3 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Norwegian Bokmål het
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | het | hot; simple past of hete |
| 2 | Old Norse | heitr | hot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitaz | hot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | to heat |
via Swedish fruktig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fruktig | — |