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Where does “utømmelig” come from?

utømmelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål u-, from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

utømmelig (Norwegian Bokmål): that cannot be emptied; unlimited

Definitions

  1. that cannot be emptied; unlimited

Ancestry of “utømmelig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålu-un-, im-; an abbreviation of certain words...
2Old Norseú-not, non-, un-
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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