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Where does “ubevegelig” come from?

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

ubevegelig (Norwegian Bokmål): immovable, stationary, motionless, static

Definitions

  1. immovable, stationary, motionless, static

Ancestry of “ubevegelig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbevegeligmovable, mobile
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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