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

  1. existence, life

Ancestry of “tilværelse”, step by step

tilværelse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål værelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålværelsea room
2Norwegian Bokmål-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
3Danish-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
4Danish-ilse
5Old Saxon-isli
6Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Norwegian Bokmål til

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltilto
2Norwegian Bokmålfluktflight, escape
3Middle Low Germanvlucht
4Proto-West Germanic*fluhtīact of flying, flight
5Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją
6Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Norwegian Bokmål være til

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvære til
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -else