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Where does “leveforhold” come from?

leveforhold (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forhold, from German Verhältnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

leveforhold (Norwegian Bokmål): living conditions

Definitions

  1. living conditions

Ancestry of “leveforhold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålforholdrelation; the manner in which two things may be...
2GermanVerhältnisrelation, ratio; relationship; affair
3German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
4Middle High German-nisse—
5Old High German-nissī—
6Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
7Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
8Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
9Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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