Where does “meningsfull” come from?
meningsfull (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mening, from Norwegian Bokmål mene, from Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
meningsfull (Norwegian Bokmål): meaningful
Ancestry of “meningsfull”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mening | an opinion; meaning; intention |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mene | to mean; to think |
| 3 | Old Norse | meina | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | meinen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mēnian | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |