Where does “utsiktspunkt” come from?
utsiktspunkt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utsikt, from Norwegian Bokmål sikt, from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną — to follow; to see; to say.
utsiktspunkt (Norwegian Bokmål): a lookout point
Definitions
- a lookout point
Ancestry of “utsiktspunkt”, step by step
utsiktspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål utsikt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utsikt | a view; outlook |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sikt | visibility; a sieve; imperative of sikte |
| 3 | German | Sicht | view; sight; visibility |
| 4 | Middle High German | siht | — |
| 5 | Old High German | siht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sihti | seeing, sight |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Norwegian Bokmål punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | punkt | point; a dot |
| 2 | Old Norse | punktr | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |