Where does “ufarlig” come from?
ufarlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål farlig, from Old Norse fárligr, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
ufarlig (Norwegian Bokmål): harmless; safe
Definitions
- harmless; safe
Ancestry of “ufarlig”, step by step
ufarlig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål farlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | farlig | dangerous, perilous; hazardous |
| 2 | Old Norse | fárligr | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 4 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 | — |