Where does “lovlighet” come from?

lovlighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

lovlighet (Norwegian Bokmål): legality

Definitions

  1. legality

Ancestry of “lovlighet”, step by step

lovlighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål lovlig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållovliglawful; legal
2Old Norselǫgligrlawful, legal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →
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