Where does “uregelmessig” come from?
uregelmessig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål regelmessig, from Danish regelmæssig, from German regelmäßig, from German rēgel, from Middle High German regel, from Old High German regula, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
uregelmessig (Norwegian Bokmål): irregular
Definitions
- irregular
Ancestry of “uregelmessig”, step by step
uregelmessig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål regelmessig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | regelmessig | regular; regularly |
| 2 | Danish | regelmæssig | regular |
| 3 | German | regelmäßig | regular; according to the rule; expected; not... |
| 4 | German | rēgel | rule |
| 5 | Middle High German | regel | — |
| 6 | Old High German | regula | — |
| 7 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 8 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 | — |