Where does “ukontrollerbar” come from?

ukontrollerbar (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kontrollerbar, from Swedish kontrollera, from Swedish kontroll, from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.

ukontrollerbar (Norwegian Bokmål): uncontrollable

Definitions

  1. uncontrollable

Ancestry of “ukontrollerbar”, step by step

ukontrollerbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kontrollerbar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkontrollerbar—
2Swedishkontrollerato check; to have the control over
3Swedishkontrollcontrol; a control device; a check, a...
4Frenchcontrôlecontrol; test; first-person singular present...
5Old Frenchcontrerole—
6Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
7Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
8Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
9Arabicرَطْل—
10Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
11Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
12Frenchlitrelitre
13Medieval Latinlitra—
14Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
15Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Norwegian Bokmål U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålUThe 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
2LatinvCapital form of
3Etruscan𐌖—
4Ancient GreekΥypsilon
5Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
6Egyptian𓏲—
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →