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 — self (reflexive pronoun).
sannhet (Norwegian Bokmål): truth
Definitions
- truth
Ancestry of “sannhet”, step by step
sannhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sann | true, real, genuine |
| 2 | Finnish | sadan | Genitive singular form of sata; First-person... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sōdān | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sō | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | so | so, like that, in that manner |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | swā | so, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |