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Where does “uoppmerksomhet” come from?

uoppmerksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål oppmerksomhet, from Norwegian Bokmål oppmerksom, from German aufmerksam, from German aufmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan — he, she.

uoppmerksomhet (Norwegian Bokmål): inattention

Definitions

  1. inattention

Ancestry of “uoppmerksomhet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloppmerksomhetattention, attentiveness; awareness
2Norwegian Bokmåloppmerksomaware, mindful; attentive
3Germanaufmerksamattentive, alert, observant; kind, nice
4Germanaufmerkento observe
5Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
6Middle High Germanmerken—
7Old High Germanmerchen—
8Proto-West Germanic*markijan—
9Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
10Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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