Where does “utseende” come from?

utseende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ut, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

utseende (Norwegian Bokmål): appearance

Definitions

  1. appearance

Ancestry of “utseende”, step by step

utseende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålutout; get out!
2Old Norseútout
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Norwegian Bokmål seende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålseendepresent participle of se
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Old Norse út →