Where does “ufullstendig” come from?
ufullstendig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fullstendig, from German vollständig, from German ständig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
ufullstendig (Norwegian Bokmål): incomplete
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ufullstendig”, step by step
ufullstendig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål fullstendig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fullstendig | complete; entire; completely, fully |
| 2 | German | vollständig | complete; entire; completely, fully |
| 3 | German | ständig | permanent, incessant; persistent; permanently |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
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 | — |