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
Ancestry of “uskyldighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | uskyldig | innocent |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | skyldig | guilty |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | skyld | blame; fault; guilt |
| 4 | Old Norse | skuld | debt, obligation |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuldiz | obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skéltis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱel- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |