Where does “tilværelse” come from?
tilværelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål værelse, from Norwegian Bokmål -else, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
tilværelse (Norwegian Bokmål): existence, life
Definitions
- existence, life
Ancestry of “tilværelse”, step by step
tilværelse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål værelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | værelse | a room |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 4 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Norwegian Bokmål til
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | til | to |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | flukt | flight, escape |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Norwegian Bokmål være til
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | være til | — |