Where does “utkikk” come from?
utkikk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Dutch uitkijk, from Dutch uitkijken, from Dutch uit, from Middle Dutch uut, from Old Dutch ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
utkikk (Norwegian Bokmål): a lookout person or place
Definitions
- a lookout person or place
Ancestry of “utkikk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | uitkijk | lookout place from where one watches |
| 2 | Dutch | uitkijken | to watch until the end; to look out, to watch... |
| 3 | Dutch | uit | out, from the inside to the outside; out, off;... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | uut | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ūt | outside |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |