Where does “punktlighet” come from?
punktlighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish punktlig, from Swedish -lig, from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
punktlighet (Norwegian Bokmål): punctuality
Definitions
- punctuality
Ancestry of “punktlighet”, step by step
punktlighet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish punktlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | punktlig | punctual; happening or acting on the appointed... |
| 2 | Swedish | -lig | -ly, -like; forms adjectives |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -līker | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Norwegian Bokmål het
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | het | hot; simple past of hete |
| 2 | Old Norse | heitr | hot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitaz | hot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | to heat |
via Norwegian Bokmål punktlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | punktlig | punctual |