Where does “utdanning” come from?
utdanning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utdanne, from Norwegian Bokmål ut, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
utdanning (Norwegian Bokmål): education
Ancestry of “utdanning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utdanne | to educate, train |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ut | out; get out! |
| 3 | Old Norse | út | out |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |