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
Ancestry of “utilgivelig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilgivelig | forgivable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | tilgi | to forgive |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | til | to |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | flukt | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | — |
| 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 |