Where does “unyttig” come from?

unyttig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål U, from Latin v, from Etruscan 𐌖, from Ancient Greek Υ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

unyttig (Norwegian Bokmål): useless

Definitions

  1. useless

Ancestry of “unyttig”, step by step

unyttig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålUThe 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
2LatinvCapital form of
3Etruscan𐌖—
4Ancient GreekΥypsilon
5Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
6Egyptian𓏲—

via Norwegian Bokmål nyttig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnyttiguseful
2Norwegian Bokmålnytteto use
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek Υ →