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Where does “ubehagelig” come from?

ubehagelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål behagelig, from Norwegian Bokmål -lig, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ubehagelig (Norwegian Bokmål): uncomfortable; unpleasant

Definitions

  1. uncomfortable; unpleasant

Ancestry of “ubehagelig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbehageligpleasant, agreeable; comfortable
2Norwegian Bokmål-lig-le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...
3Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
4Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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