Where does “uberegnelig” come from?
uberegnelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål beregnelig, from Norwegian Bokmål beregne, from German berechnen, from German rechnen, from Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-Germanic rekanōną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
uberegnelig (Norwegian Bokmål): incalculable; unpredictable, erratic, capricious
Definitions
- incalculable; unpredictable, erratic, capricious
Ancestry of “uberegnelig”, step by step
uberegnelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål beregnelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | beregnelig | — |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | beregne | to calculate |
| 3 | German | berechnen | to calculate; to compute |
| 4 | German | rechnen | to count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect |
| 5 | Middle High German | rechenen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | rehhanōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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 | — |