Where does “uvilkårlig” come from?
uvilkårlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vilkårlig, from German willkürlich, from German Willkür, from German Kür, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kure, from Arabic كره, from Arabic كُرَة, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 — Ionian.
uvilkårlig (Norwegian Bokmål): immediate, spontaneous, automatic, involuntary
Definitions
- immediate, spontaneous, automatic, involuntary
Ancestry of “uvilkårlig”, step by step
uvilkårlig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vilkårlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vilkårlig | arbitrary, high-handed, random |
| 2 | German | willkürlich | arbitrary, random, haphazard |
| 3 | German | Willkür | arbitrariness |
| 4 | German | Kür | choice; free skating |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kure | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |
via Danish vilkårlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | vilkårlig | arbitrary; arbitrarily |