Where does “utendørs” come from?
utendørs (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dør, from Old Norse dýrr, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.
utendørs (Norwegian Bokmål): outdoor; outdoors
Ancestry of “utendørs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dør | a door; present of dø |
| 2 | Old Norse | dýrr | dear, valuable |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *durz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwṓr | door |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwer- | door |