Where does “urolig” come from?

urolig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rolig, from Norwegian Bokmål -lig, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

urolig (Norwegian Bokmål): restless; troubled; rough

Definitions

  1. restless; troubled; rough

Ancestry of “urolig”, step by step

urolig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rolig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålroligcalm, quiet, peaceful; leisurely
2Norwegian Bokmål-lig-le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,...
3Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
4Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

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 Danish rolig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishroligcalm, quiet
2Middle Low Germanrolik
3Old Norseróligr

Words derived from “urolig

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic līkąEvery word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz
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