Where does “ufrihet” come from?
ufrihet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål frihet, from Norwegian Bokmål fri, from Middle Low German vrī, from Old Saxon frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.
ufrihet (Norwegian Bokmål): An absence of freedom; captivity
Definitions
- An absence of freedom; captivity
Ancestry of “ufrihet”, step by step
ufrihet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål frihet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | frihet | freedom, liberty |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fri | free, not imprisoned or enslaved; free, not... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vrī | free |
| 4 | Old Saxon | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |
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 | — |