Where does “løsrivelse” come from?
løsrivelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål løsrive, from Norwegian Bokmål løs, from Danish løs, from Danish losse, from Dutch lossen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en — he, she.
løsrivelse (Norwegian Bokmål): secession
Ancestry of “løsrivelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | løsrive | to break away; to detach; to tear oneself away |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | løs | free; loose; flimsy |
| 3 | Danish | løs | loose, not tight |
| 4 | Danish | losse | — |
| 5 | Dutch | lossen | to unload; to dump |
| 6 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 8 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |