Where does “i et nøtteskall” come from?
i et nøtteskall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English in a nutshell, from Latin in nuce, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.
Ancestry of “i et nøtteskall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | in a nutshell | In summary; briefly or simply |
| 2 | Latin | in nuce | in a nutshell; briefly stated; in the embryonic... |
| 3 | Latin | nux | A nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | knuks | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |