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
- to take initiative (for something)
Ancestry of “insje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | insj | initiative |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | initiativ | initiative |
| 3 | French | initiative | initiative |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | initiativus | serving to initiate |
| 5 | Late Latin | initiare | to begin |
| 6 | Latin | initiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 8 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 9 | Latin | īre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |