Where does “nedtegne” come from?

nedtegne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tegne, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

nedtegne (Norwegian Bokmål): to write down, note down, commit to paper

Definitions

  1. to write down, note down, commit to paper

Ancestry of “nedtegne”, step by step

nedtegne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tegne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltegneto draw
2Germanzeichnento draw
3GermanZeichencharacters, marks, sign; token
4Middle High Germanzeichen—
5Old High Germanzeihhansign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol
6Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
7Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Norwegian Bokmål ned

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålneddown
2Old Norseniðrdown; kinsman, relative; son
3Proto-Germanicniþerdown, downwards
4Proto-Indo-Europeanniter—

Words derived from “nedtegne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic taikną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic taikn →