Where does “uforklarlig” come from?
uforklarlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forklarlig, from Swedish förklara, from Old Swedish forklara, from Danish forklare, from Low German vorklaren, from Middle Low German vor-, from Old Saxon far-, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
uforklarlig (Norwegian Bokmål): inexplicable, unexplained
Definitions
- inexplicable, unexplained
Ancestry of “uforklarlig”, step by step
uforklarlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forklarlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forklarlig | — |
| 2 | Swedish | förklara | to explain, to declare, to report |
| 3 | Old Swedish | forklara | — |
| 4 | Danish | forklare | to explain |
| 5 | Low German | vorklaren | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 7 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | 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 | — |