Where does “ingenting” come from?
ingenting (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ting, from Old Norse þing, from Proto-Germanic þingą, from Proto-Indo-European tenkó-, from Proto-Indo-European tenk- — to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,...
ingenting (Norwegian Bokmål): nothing; naught, nothingness
Definitions
- nothing; naught, nothingness
Ancestry of “ingenting”, step by step
ingenting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ting | a thing; court, assembly |
| 2 | Old Norse | þing | thing, a regional parliament of nearby clans,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þingą | appointed time; date; appointment; meeting;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkó- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tenk- | to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål ingen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ingen | no; no one; nobody; nothing; neither; none |
| 2 | Old Norse | [[engi]], [[enginn]] | — |