Where does “nervøs” come from?
nervøs (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French nerveux, from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.
nervøs (Norwegian Bokmål): nervous
Ancestry of “nervøs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | nerveux | nervous |
| 2 | Middle French | nerfveux | sinew; tendon |
| 3 | Old French | nerveus | sinew; tendon |
| 4 | Latin | nervosus | sinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic |
| 5 | Latin | nervus | A sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)new- | — |