Where does “sinnslikevekt” come from?
sinnslikevekt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål likevekt, from Norwegian Bokmål vekt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz — to bring; to transport.
sinnslikevekt (Norwegian Bokmål): mental balance
Definitions
- mental balance
Ancestry of “sinnslikevekt”, step by step
sinnslikevekt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål likevekt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | likevekt | equilibrium, balance |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | vekt | weight; scales; past participle of vekke |
| 3 | Danish | vægt | weight; scales; Libra |
| 4 | Old Danish | wict | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wicht | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wiht | creature, person, thing, being |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wihti | thing, creature; weight |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wihtiz | essence, being; thing, creature; weight |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via Norwegian Bokmål sinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sinn | mind |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sîn | of his |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *sinn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |