Where does “utryddelse” come from?
utryddelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish udryddelse, from Danish udrydde, from Danish ud, from Old Danish ut, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
utryddelse (Norwegian Bokmål): eradication, extermination
Definitions
- eradication, extermination
Ancestry of “utryddelse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | udryddelse | — |
| 2 | Danish | udrydde | exterminate, wipe out; eradicate, root out |
| 3 | Danish | ud | out |
| 4 | Old Danish | ut | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | út | out |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |