Where does “insje” come from?

insje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål insj, from Norwegian Bokmål initiativ, from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire — to go.

insje (Norwegian Bokmål): to take initiative (for something)

Definitions

  1. to take initiative (for something)

Ancestry of “insje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinsjinitiative
2Norwegian Bokmålinitiativinitiative
3Frenchinitiativeinitiative
4Medieval Latininitiativusserving to initiate
5Late Latininitiareto begin
6Latininitiāre—
7Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
8Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
9Latinīre—
10Proto-ItaliceōI go
11Proto-Italicejō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →