Where does “hensynsfull” come from?
hensynsfull (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hensyn, from Norwegian Bokmål hense, from Danish se, from Old Danish se, from Old Norse sjá, from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
hensynsfull (Norwegian Bokmål): considerate, kind, thoughtful
Definitions
- considerate, kind, thoughtful
Ancestry of “hensynsfull”, step by step
hensynsfull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hensyn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hensyn | consideration, regard, respect |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | hense | — |
| 3 | Danish | se | to see; to see each other |
| 4 | Old Danish | se | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | sjá | this, that; to see; first-person singular present... |
| 6 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 7 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 8 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 9 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 10 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 11 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 12 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 13 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 14 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |