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Where does “havdyp” come from?

havdyp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dyp, from Danish dyb, from Old Swedish diūp, from Old Norse djúpr, from Proto-Germanic deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

havdyp (Norwegian Bokmål): ocean or sea depth

Definitions

  1. ocean or sea depth

Ancestry of “havdyp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldypdeep; fast; profound
2Danishdybdeep; profound; deep, depth
3Old Swedishdiūp—
4Old Norsedjúpr"or"; deep
5Proto-Germanicdeupazdeep
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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