Where does “utstilling” come from?
utstilling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål utstille, from Norwegian Bokmål stille, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
utstilling (Norwegian Bokmål): an exhibition; a display; an exhibit
Definitions
- an exhibition; a display; an exhibit
Ancestry of “utstilling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | utstille | to exhibit; to display |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | stille | silent; still; quiet |
| 3 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |