Where does “panoramautsikt” come from?
panoramautsikt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utsikt, from Norwegian Bokmål sikt, from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną — to follow; to see; to say.
panoramautsikt (Norwegian Bokmål): a panoramic view
Ancestry of “panoramautsikt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utsikt | a view; outlook |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sikt | visibility; a sieve; imperative of sikte |
| 3 | German | Sicht | view; sight; visibility |
| 4 | Middle High German | siht | — |
| 5 | Old High German | siht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sihti | seeing, sight |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |