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Where does “tilbakekalle” come from?

tilbakekalle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tilbake, from Norwegian Bokmål til, from Norwegian Bokmål flukt, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

tilbakekalle (Norwegian Bokmål): to call back, recall; to retract, revoke, annul;...

Definitions

  1. to call back, recall; to retract, revoke, annul;...

Ancestry of “tilbakekalle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltilbakeback
2Norwegian Bokmåltilto
3Norwegian Bokmålflukt—
4Middle Low Germanvlucht—
5Proto-West Germanic*fluhtī—
6Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją—
7Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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