Where does “selvundersøkelse” come from?

selvundersøkelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål undersøkelse, from Norwegian Bokmål -else, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

selvundersøkelse (Norwegian Bokmål): self-examination

Definitions

  1. self-examination

Ancestry of “selvundersøkelse”, step by step

selvundersøkelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål undersøkelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålundersøkelsean examination; an investigation; a survey
2Norwegian Bokmål-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
3Danish-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
4Danish-ilse
5Old Saxon-isli
6Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Norwegian Bokmål selv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålselvmyself, yourself, himself, herself, itself;...
2Danishselvself, -self; even; self
3EnglishSelfHimself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned)
4Middle EnglishsalveAlternative form of sauf
5Old Englishsealfsalve
6Proto-West Germanicsalbusalve, ointment
7Proto-Germanicsalbōsalve, ointment
8Proto-Indo-Europeansolp-éh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -else