Where does “undertøy” come from?
undertøy (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål under, from Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
undertøy (Norwegian Bokmål): underwear
Ancestry of “undertøy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | under | below; beneath; during; under |
| 2 | Old Norse | undir | under, underneath |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
Words derived from “undertøy”