Where does “høgnorsk” come from?
høgnorsk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk høgnorsk, from Norwegian Nynorsk norsk, from Middle Norwegian nornskr, from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Old Norse norðrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.
høgnorsk (Norwegian Bokmål): Høgnorsk (unofficial form of Nynorsk)
Definitions
- Høgnorsk (unofficial form of Nynorsk)
Ancestry of “høgnorsk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | høgnorsk | Høgnorsk (unofficial and little-used form of Nynorsk) |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | norsk | Norwegian |
| 3 | Middle Norwegian | nornskr | Norwegian |
| 4 | Old Norse | norrǿnn | northern |
| 5 | Old Norse | norðrǿnn | northern |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrōnijaz | northern |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |