Where does “kjennetegne” come from?
kjennetegne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tegne, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
kjennetegne (Norwegian Bokmål): to characterise , or characterize
Definitions
- to characterise , or characterize
Ancestry of “kjennetegne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tegne | to draw |
| 2 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 3 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 4 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |