Where does “mulighet” come from?

mulighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

mulighet (Norwegian Bokmål): an opportunity; a possibility

Definitions

  1. an opportunity; a possibility

Ancestry of “mulighet”, step by step

mulighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål mulig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmuligpossible
2Middle Low Germanmȫgelîk—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →