Where does “uholdbar” come from?
uholdbar (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål holdbar, from German haltbar, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
uholdbar (Norwegian Bokmål): untenable
Definitions
- untenable
Ancestry of “uholdbar”, step by step
uholdbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål holdbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | holdbar | durable, hard-wearing; non-perishable; tenable,... |
| 2 | German | haltbar | durable, lasting; tenable |
| 3 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 4 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 5 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 6 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
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 | — |