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Where does “skyldfølelse” come from?

skyldfølelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

skyldfølelse (Norwegian Bokmål): a feeling of guilt, guilty feeling, remorse

Definitions

  1. a feeling of guilt, guilty feeling, remorse

Ancestry of “skyldfølelse”, step by step

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