Where does “overvektig” come from?
overvektig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vektig, from Norwegian Bokmål vekt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz — to bring; to transport.
overvektig (Norwegian Bokmål): overweight
Definitions
- overweight
Ancestry of “overvektig”, step by step
overvektig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vektig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vektig | weighty, heavy |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | vekt | weight; scales; past participle of vekke |
| 3 | Danish | vægt | weight; scales; Libra |
| 4 | Old Danish | wict | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wicht | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wiht | creature, person, thing, being |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wihti | thing, creature; weight |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wihtiz | essence, being; thing, creature; weight |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via Norwegian Bokmål over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | over | above; past; over; more than |
| 2 | Old Norse | yfir | above |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |