Where does “ubegrenset” come from?
ubegrenset (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål begrenset, from Norwegian Bokmål begrense, from German begrenzen, from German grenzen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
ubegrenset (Norwegian Bokmål): unlimited
Ancestry of “ubegrenset”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | begrenset | limited, restricted; simple past and past... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | begrense | to limit |
| 3 | German | begrenzen | to limit, to delimit, to restrict, to confine |
| 4 | German | grenzen | to border |
| 5 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 6 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 7 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |