Where does “upersonlig” come from?
upersonlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish personlig, from Danish person, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — to see; eye.
upersonlig (Norwegian Bokmål): impersonal
Definitions
- impersonal
Ancestry of “upersonlig”, step by step
upersonlig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish personlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | personlig | personal |
| 2 | Danish | person | person; character; figure |
| 3 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 4 | Middle French | personne | — |
| 5 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 7 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 8 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via Norwegian Bokmål personlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | personlig | personal |
| 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 | — |