Where does “suverenitet” come from?
suverenitet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål suveren, from French souverain, from Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin superanus, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér.
suverenitet (Norwegian Bokmål): sovereignty
Ancestry of “suverenitet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | suveren | sovereign; excellent, superb |
| 2 | French | souverain | sovereign |
| 3 | Old French | soverain | sovereign |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | superanus | — |
| 5 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 6 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |