Where does “uhøflig” come from?
uhøflig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål høflig, from German höflich, from Middle High German hövelich, from Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic hufą, from Proto-Indo-European keup- — bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright.
uhøflig (Norwegian Bokmål): discourteous, impolite, rude
Definitions
- discourteous, impolite, rude
Ancestry of “uhøflig”, step by step
uhøflig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål høflig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | høflig | polite, courteous |
| 2 | German | höflich | polite |
| 3 | Middle High German | hövelich | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | hof | farm; court |
| 5 | Old High German | hof | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hof | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hufą | hill, elevated place; house, hall, estate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keup- | to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keu- | bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright |
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 | — |