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Where does “uttrykk” come from?

uttrykk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

uttrykk (Norwegian Bokmål): an expression; imperative of uttrykke

Definitions

  1. an expression; imperative of uttrykke

Ancestry of “uttrykk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusdruckexpression, term; diction; expression,...
2Germanausdrückento squeeze, to squeeze out; to express
3Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
4Middle High Germandrücken—
5Old High Germandrucchento press
6Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
7Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “uttrykk”

  • ansiktsuttrykk
  • uttrykksfull
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