Where does “menneskefrykt” come from?
menneskefrykt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål frykt, from Low German vruchte, from Proto-Germanic furhtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
menneskefrykt (Norwegian Bokmål): fear of man
Definitions
- fear of man
Ancestry of “menneskefrykt”, step by step
menneskefrykt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål frykt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | frykt | a fear; imperative of frykte |
| 2 | Low German | vruchte | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | furhtijaną | to frighten, make afraid; to fear, be afraid |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |