Where does “sannsynlighet” come from?
sannsynlighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sannsynlig, from German wahrscheinlich, from Dutch waarschijnlijk, from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sannsynlighet (Norwegian Bokmål): likelihood, probability
Definitions
- likelihood, probability
Ancestry of “sannsynlighet”, step by step
sannsynlighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sannsynlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sannsynlig | likely, probable; probably |
| 2 | German | wahrscheinlich | likely, probable, plausible; probably, likely |
| 3 | Dutch | waarschijnlijk | probably; probable, likely |
| 4 | French | vraisemblable | plausible, likely |
| 5 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 6 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 7 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 8 | Latin | vērāx | truthful |
| 9 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |