Where does “udelelig” come from?
udelelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål delelig, from Norwegian Bokmål dele, from Middle Low German delen, from Old Saxon dēlian, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
udelelig (Norwegian Bokmål): indivisible
Definitions
- indivisible
Ancestry of “udelelig”, step by step
udelelig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål delelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | delelig | divisible |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | dele | to divide; to split; to share |
| 3 | Middle Low German | delen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dēlian | to deal out, to distribute |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | to divide |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |
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 | — |