Where does “uønskelig” come from?
uønskelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ønskelig, from Norwegian Bokmål -lig, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
uønskelig (Norwegian Bokmål): undesirable
Definitions
- undesirable
Ancestry of “uønskelig”, step by step
uønskelig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ønskelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ønskelig | desirable, desired |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -lig | -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |