Where does “lesbarhet” come from?
lesbarhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lesbar, from Norwegian Bokmål bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
lesbarhet (Norwegian Bokmål): readability
Ancestry of “lesbarhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lesbar | readable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bar | bare, naked; a bar; the needles of the conifers,... |
| 3 | English | Bar | — |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | — |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |