Where does “mikronæringsstoff” come from?
mikronæringsstoff (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål næringsstoff, from Norwegian Bokmål næring, from Norwegian Bokmål nære, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic nazjaną, from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.
mikronæringsstoff (Norwegian Bokmål): a micronutrient
Ancestry of “mikronæringsstoff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | næringsstoff | a nutrient |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | næring | food, sustenance, nourishment; business,... |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | nære | definite singular of nær; plural of nær; to feed,... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | neren | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | nerian | to save |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | naʀjan | to save, to rescue |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nazjaną | to save; rescue; heal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nes- | to return home |