Where does “uløst” come from?
uløst (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål løst, from Norwegian Bokmål løs, from Danish løs, from Danish losse, from Dutch lossen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en — he, she.
uløst (Norwegian Bokmål): unsolved; unresolved
Definitions
- unsolved; unresolved
Ancestry of “uløst”, step by step
uløst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål løst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | løst | neuter singular of løs; loosely; past participle... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | løs | free; loose; flimsy |
| 3 | Danish | løs | loose, not tight |
| 4 | Danish | losse | to unload, discharge cargo |
| 5 | Dutch | lossen | to unload; to dump |
| 6 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 8 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |