Where does “kulltegning” come from?
kulltegning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tegning, 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 — to point out.
kulltegning (Norwegian Bokmål): a charcoal drawing
Ancestry of “kulltegning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tegning | drawing; a drawing |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | tegne | to draw |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |