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Where does “smidighet” come from?

smidighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.

smidighet (Norwegian Bokmål): agility, suppleness, flexibility

Definitions

  1. agility, suppleness, flexibility

Ancestry of “smidighet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →