Where does “umenneskelig” come from?
umenneskelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish menneskelig, from Danish menneske, from Old Danish mænneskæ, from Old Saxon mennisko, from Proto-Germanic manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
umenneskelig (Norwegian Bokmål): inhuman; inhumanly
Definitions
- inhuman; inhumanly
Ancestry of “umenneskelig”, step by step
umenneskelig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish menneskelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | menneskelig | human |
| 2 | Danish | menneske | human, human being, man; person, people |
| 3 | Old Danish | mænneskæ | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | mennisko | human being |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | manniskaz | human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål menneskelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | menneskelig | human |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -lig | -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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 | — |