Where does “uskyldig” come from?
uskyldig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skyldig, from Norwegian Bokmål skyld, from Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European skéltis, from Proto-Indo-European sḱel-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
uskyldig (Norwegian Bokmål): innocent
Definitions
- innocent
Ancestry of “uskyldig”, step by step
uskyldig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål skyldig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skyldig | guilty |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | skyld | blame; fault; guilt |
| 3 | Old Norse | skuld | debt, obligation |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skuldiz | obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skéltis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱel- | to be obligated, owe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
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 | — |