Where does “oppmerksomhet” come from?
oppmerksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål oppmerksom, from German aufmerksam, from German aufmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną — he, she.
oppmerksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål): attention, attentiveness; awareness
Definitions
- attention, attentiveness; awareness
Ancestry of “oppmerksomhet”, step by step
oppmerksomhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål oppmerksom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | oppmerksom | aware, mindful; attentive |
| 2 | German | aufmerksam | attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice |
| 3 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 4 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 5 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |