Where does “lettvinn” come from?
lettvinn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vinne, from Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.
lettvinn (Norwegian Bokmål): easy, simple; handy; agile, nimble
Definitions
- easy, simple; handy; agile, nimble
Ancestry of “lettvinn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vinne | to win; to gain |
| 2 | Old Norse | vinna | to accomplish |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | winnaną | to swink; to labour, toil; to win, gain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wenh₁- | to love |