Where does “rettferdighet” come from?

rettferdighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

rettferdighet (Norwegian Bokmål): righteousness

Definitions

  1. righteousness

Ancestry of “rettferdighet”, step by step

rettferdighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål rettferdig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrettferdigfair, just; righteous
2Old Norseréttferðugr—
3Middle Dutchrechtverdich—

Words derived from “rettferdighet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →