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Where does “sannhet” come from?

sannhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sann, from Finnish sadan, from Middle Low German sōdān, from Middle Low German sō, from Old Saxon so, from Proto-West Germanic swā, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē.

sannhet (Norwegian Bokmål): truth

Definitions

  1. truth

Ancestry of “sannhet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsanntrue, real, genuine
2FinnishsadanGenitive singular form of sata; First-person...
3Middle Low Germansōdān—
4Middle Low Germansō—
5Old Saxonsoso, like that, in that manner
6Proto-West Germanicswāso, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just...
7Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
8Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswē—
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