Where does “ukomfortabel” come from?
ukomfortabel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål komfortabel, from Norwegian Bokmål komfort, from Old French confort, from Old French conforter, from Latin confortō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ukomfortabel (Norwegian Bokmål): uncomfortable
Ancestry of “ukomfortabel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | komfortabel | comfortable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | komfort | comfort |
| 3 | Old French | confort | — |
| 4 | Old French | conforter | to reassure; to comfort |
| 5 | Latin | confortō | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |