Where does “gassformig” come from?
gassformig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gass, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
gassformig (Norwegian Bokmål): gaseous
Ancestry of “gassformig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gass | gas; imperative of gasse |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |