Where does “ulykkelig” come from?
ulykkelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål U, from Latin v, from Etruscan 𐌖, from Ancient Greek Υ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.
ulykkelig (Norwegian Bokmål): unhappy
Definitions
- unhappy
Ancestry of “ulykkelig”, step by step
ulykkelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |