Where does “menneskefiendtlig” come from?

menneskefiendtlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål menneske, from Old Norse manneskja — human being.

menneskefiendtlig (Norwegian Bokmål): misanthropic

Definitions

  1. misanthropic

Ancestry of “menneskefiendtlig”, step by step

menneskefiendtlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål menneske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmenneskehuman, human being, man, Homo sapiens; people
2Old Norsemanneskjahuman being

via Norwegian Bokmål fiendtlig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfiendtligenemy
2Middle Low Germanvīentlik—
Every word from Old Norse manneskja →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål menneske →
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