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
Definitions
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Ancestry of “lesbarhet”, step by step
lesbarhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål lesbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lesbar | readable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | bar | bare, naked; a bar; the needles of the conifers,... |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 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- | — |