Where does “høydepunkt” come from?
høydepunkt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål høyde, from Danish højde, from Old Danish høgdh, from Old Norse hæð, from Proto-Germanic hauhiþō, from Proto-Germanic hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.
høydepunkt (Norwegian Bokmål): climax, zenith, culmination, height, peak, apex, summit, highlight
Definitions
- climax, zenith, culmination, height, peak, apex, summit, highlight
Ancestry of “høydepunkt”, step by step
høydepunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål høyde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | høyde | height; high jump |
| 2 | Danish | højde | height; altitude |
| 3 | Old Danish | høgdh | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | hæð | height |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hauhiþō | height |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hauhaz | high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |
via Norwegian Bokmål punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | punkt | point; a dot |
| 2 | Old Norse | punktr | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |