Where does “unødvendig” come from?
unødvendig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish nødvendig, from German notwendig, from German nōt, from Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic naudiz — need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force.
unødvendig (Norwegian Bokmål): unnecessary
Definitions
- unnecessary
Ancestry of “unødvendig”, step by step
unødvendig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish nødvendig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | nødvendig | necessary |
| 2 | German | notwendig | necessary; essential; indispensable |
| 3 | German | nōt | need, imminence |
| 4 | Middle High German | nōt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | nōt | control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *naudi | force, compulsion |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |
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 | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål nødvendig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | nødvendig | necessary |