Where does “uskadelig” come from?
uskadelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skadelig, from Norwegian Bokmål -lig, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
uskadelig (Norwegian Bokmål): harmless
Definitions
- harmless
Ancestry of “uskadelig”, step by step
uskadelig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål skadelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skadelig | harmful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious |
| 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 | — |
via Danish skadelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | skadelig | harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious;... |