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
Ancestry of “menneskeskapt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skape | to create; to act unnatural; pretend, for... |
| 2 | Old Norse | skapa | to shape, make, create |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |