Where does “ottefull” come from?
ottefull (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål full, from Danish fuld, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
ottefull (Norwegian Bokmål): anxious, apprehensive, uneasy
Definitions
- anxious, apprehensive, uneasy
Ancestry of “ottefull”, step by step
ottefull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål full
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | full | full; drunk |
| 2 | Danish | fuld | full; complete; drunk |
| 3 | Old Norse | fullr | full |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Norwegian Bokmål otte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | otte | dawn, early morning; fear, worry |
| 2 | Old Norse | ótta | the last part of the night just before daybreak |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | unhtwǭ | last part of the night |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥kʷ-tw- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |