Where does “tilfeldighet” come from?
tilfeldighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tilfeldig, from German zufällig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
tilfeldighet (Norwegian Bokmål): coincidence, accident, chance
Definitions
- coincidence, accident, chance
Ancestry of “tilfeldighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilfeldig | accidental, casual, occasional, incidental,... |
| 2 | German | zufällig | random, by chance or stochastic; accidental or... |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |