Where does “menneskekjenner” come from?

menneskekjenner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjenne, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

menneskekjenner (Norwegian Bokmål): one with insight or understanding of the inner emotional lives and behaviors of people

Definitions

  1. one with insight or understanding of the inner emotional lives and behaviors of people

Ancestry of “menneskekjenner”, step by step

menneskekjenner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kjenne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkjenneto know; to feel, sense; to feel
2Old Norsekennato know; to feel
3Proto-Germanickannijanąto make known
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥néh₃tito know, recognize
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Norwegian Bokmål menneske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmenneskehuman, human being, man, Homo sapiens; people
2Old Norsemanneskjahuman being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti →Every word from Proto-Germanic kannijaną →