Where does “nøyaktighet” come from?

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

nøyaktighet (Norwegian Bokmål): accuracy

Definitions

  1. accuracy

Ancestry of “nøyaktighet”, step by step

nøyaktighet 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 nøyaktig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnøyaktigaccurate; exact; precise
2Middle Low Germannochaftik—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →