Where does “tvetydighet” come from?
tvetydighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tvetydig, from German zweideutig, 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.
tvetydighet (Norwegian Bokmål): ambiguity; a double entendre
Definitions
- ambiguity; a double entendre
Ancestry of “tvetydighet”, step by step
tvetydighet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tvetydig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tvetydig | ambiguous; equivocal; dubious |
| 2 | German | zweideutig | ambiguous |
| 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 |