Where does “menneskeskapt” come from?

menneskeskapt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skape, from Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

menneskeskapt (Norwegian Bokmål): man-made, anthropogenic

Definitions

  1. man-made, anthropogenic

Ancestry of “menneskeskapt”, step by step

menneskeskapt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål skape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskapeto create; to act unnatural; pretend, for...
2Old Norseskapato shape, make, create
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Norwegian Bokmål menneske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmenneskehuman, human being, man, Homo sapiens; people
2Old Norsemanneskjahuman being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Old Norse skapa →