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Where does “søvnmangel” come from?

søvnmangel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mangel, from German mangel, from Middle High German mange, from Latin manganum, from Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

søvnmangel (Norwegian Bokmål): lack of sleep

Definitions

  1. lack of sleep

Ancestry of “søvnmangel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmangellack, want, absence; defect, flaw, deficiency,...
2Germanmangelinflection of mangeln: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanmangemangle
4Latinmanganummanganese; mangonel
5Medieval Latinmagnesianominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
6Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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