Where does “innblikk” come from?

innblikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål blikk, from Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan, from Proto-West Germanic blīkan, from Proto-Germanic blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

innblikk (Norwegian Bokmål): insight

Definitions

  1. insight

Ancestry of “innblikk”, step by step

innblikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål blikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålblikka glance, look; rolled sheet metal
2Old Norseblik—
3Middle Low Germanblick—
4Old Saxonblikanto shine; to appear
5Proto-West Germanicblīkanto shine
6Proto-Germanicblīkanąto gleam; shine
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Norwegian Bokmål inn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinninside, in; in, into
2Old Norseinnin, into; the
3Proto-Germanicinnin, into
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic blīkaną →