Where does “søknad” come from?
søknad (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -nad, from Old Norse -naðr, from Old Norse -aðr, from Proto-Norse -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
søknad (Norwegian Bokmål): an application
Definitions
- an application
Ancestry of “søknad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -nad | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 2 | Old Norse | -naðr | suffix used to create nouns, particularly from... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -aðr | suffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,... |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōdaz | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |