Where does “knøttliten” come from?
knøttliten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål liten, from Danish liden, from Old Norse lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
knøttliten (Norwegian Bokmål): tiny, very small
Ancestry of “knøttliten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | liten | small , little |
| 2 | Danish | liden | little, small |
| 3 | Old Norse | lítill | little, small, short |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *lītilaz | — |