Where does “sekskantet” come from?
sekskantet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -kantet, from Danish -et, from Old Norse -it, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
sekskantet (Norwegian Bokmål): hexagonal
Definitions
- hexagonal
Ancestry of “sekskantet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -kantet | From kant, used to create adjectives |
| 2 | Danish | -et | Forms past participles of some verbs, like -t;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -it | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |