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

Definitions

  1. outdoor; outdoors

Ancestry of “utendørs”, step by step

utendørs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål dør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldøra door; present of dø
2Old Norsedýrrdear, valuable
3Proto-Germanic*durz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door

via Norwegian Bokmål uten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålutenwithout
2Old Norseútanfrom without; from abroad; outside
3Proto-Germanicūtanēfrom without, outside of
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr →Every word from Proto-Germanic *durz →
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