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Where does “tyngde” come from?

tyngde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þyngd, from Proto-Germanic þungiþō, from Proto-Germanic þunguz, from Proto-Indo-European téngʰus.

tyngde (Norwegian Bokmål): heaviness, weight, weightiness; gravity

Definitions

  1. heaviness, weight, weightiness; gravity

Ancestry of “tyngde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþyngd—
2Proto-Germanicþungiþō—
3Proto-Germanicþunguzheavy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanténgʰus—

Words derived from “tyngde”

  • tyngdekraft
  • tyngdepunkt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European téngʰus →