Where does “menneskefiendsk” come from?

menneskefiendsk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fiendsk, from Norwegian Bokmål fiende, from Old Norse fjándi, from Proto-Germanic fijandz, from Proto-Germanic fijāną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

menneskefiendsk (Norwegian Bokmål): misanthropic

Definitions

  1. misanthropic

Ancestry of “menneskefiendsk”, step by step

menneskefiendsk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fiendsk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfiendskhostile, unfriendly
2Norwegian Bokmålfiendean enemy
3Old Norsefjándienemy; devil
4Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
5Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

via Norwegian Bokmål menneske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmenneskehuman, human being, man, Homo sapiens; people
2Old Norsemanneskjahuman being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fijandz →