Where does “uskyldighet” come from?

uskyldighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål uskyldig, 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.

uskyldighet (Norwegian Bokmål): innocence

Definitions

  1. innocence

Ancestry of “uskyldighet”, step by step

uskyldighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål uskyldig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåluskyldiginnocent
2Norwegian Bokmålskyldigguilty
3Norwegian Bokmålskyldblame; fault; guilt
4Old Norseskulddebt, obligation
5Proto-Germanicskuldizobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskéltis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-to be obligated, owe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skéltis →