Where does “imponerende” come from?

imponerende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ende, from Old Norse -andi, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

imponerende (Norwegian Bokmål): impressive; present participle of imponere

Definitions

  1. impressive; present participle of imponere

Ancestry of “imponerende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-endeAn inflectional suffix forming the present participle of a verb, broadly corresponding to English -ing
2Old Norse-andiused to form present participles of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Germanic-andz
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Hungarian ön-Every word from Old Norse -andi