Where does “misforståelse” come from?
misforståelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish misforstå, from Danish forstå, from Old Norse forstanda, from Middle Low German vorstān, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
misforståelse (Norwegian Bokmål): a misunderstanding; a misconception
Definitions
- a misunderstanding; a misconception
Ancestry of “misforståelse”, step by step
misforståelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish misforstå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | misforstå | misunderstand |
| 2 | Danish | forstå | to understand |
| 3 | Old Norse | forstanda | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vorstān | to understand |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 6 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål misforstå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | misforstå | to misunderstand |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | mis- | A prefix used to negate a noun or verb, e.g. forstå (understand) > misforstå > (misunderstand) |
| 3 | Old Norse | mis- | mis-, wrong, erroneous |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |