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
Ancestry of “overvektig”, step by step
| 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 |