Where does “ufølsom” come from?
ufølsom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål følsom, from German empfindsam, from German -sam, from Proto-Germanic samaz, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
ufølsom (Norwegian Bokmål): insensitive, unfeeling
Definitions
- insensitive, unfeeling
Ancestry of “ufølsom”, step by step
ufølsom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål følsom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | følsom | sensitive |
| 2 | German | empfindsam | sensitive, tender, compassionate |
| 3 | German | -sam | Used to form adjectives from verbs, nouns, and... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | samaz | same, alike |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
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 | — |