Where does “utilgivelig” come from?
utilgivelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tilgivelig, from Norwegian Bokmål tilgi, from Norwegian Bokmål til, from Norwegian Bokmål flukt, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
utilgivelig (Norwegian Bokmål): unforgivable
Definitions
- unforgivable
Ancestry of “utilgivelig”, step by step
utilgivelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tilgivelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilgivelig | forgivable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilgi | to forgive |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | til | to |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | flukt | flight, escape |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |