Where does “oppsikt” come from?

oppsikt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Aufsicht, from German aufsehen — to look up.

oppsikt (Norwegian Bokmål): attention; supervision, surveillance

Definitions

  1. attention; supervision, surveillance

Ancestry of “oppsikt”, step by step

oppsikt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Aufsicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufsichtsupervision, oversight
2Germanaufsehento look up

via Middle Low German upsicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanupsicht—
Every word from German aufsehen →Every word from German Aufsicht →