Where does “ulyd” come from?
ulyd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lyd, from Danish lyd, from Old Danish liud, from Old Norse hljóð, from Proto-Germanic hleuþą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-to-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
ulyd (Norwegian Bokmål): a noise
Definitions
- a noise
Ancestry of “ulyd”, step by step
ulyd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål lyd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lyd | sound; people; imperative of lyde |
| 2 | Danish | lyd | sound; noise; imperative of lyde |
| 3 | Old Danish | liud | a sound |
| 4 | Old Norse | hljóð | silence, hearing; a sound, cry; a musical sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hleuþą | listening, hearing; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew-to- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
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 | — |