Where does “utjamning” come from?
utjamning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål jamning, from Norwegian Bokmål jamne, from Old Norse jafna, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.
utjamning (Norwegian Bokmål): leveling, smoothing; the act of making something level, even, or smooth
Definitions
- leveling, smoothing; the act of making something level, even, or smooth
Ancestry of “utjamning”, step by step
utjamning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål jamning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | jamning | leveling, evening; the act of making something level, even, or smooth |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | jamne | evenness, levelness, uniformity |
| 3 | Old Norse | jafna | to even; level ground; inflection of jafn: ##... |
| 4 | Old Norse | jafn | even; equal, the same |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ebnaz | even, level |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁émnos | equal, straight; flat, level, even |