Where does “uvitenskapelig” come from?

uvitenskapelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vitenskapelig, from Norwegian Bokmål vitenskap, from Danish videnskab, from Dutch wetenschap, from Dutch weten, from Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch wītan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan — to see.

uvitenskapelig (Norwegian Bokmål): unscientific

Definitions

  1. unscientific

Ancestry of “uvitenskapelig”, step by step

uvitenskapelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål vitenskapelig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvitenskapeligscientific
2Norwegian Bokmålvitenskapscience, scholarly knowledge, scholarship; any...
3Danishvidenskabscience, scholarly knowledge, scholarship; any...
4Dutchwetenschapknowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,...
5Dutchwetento know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to
6Middle Dutchwētento know knowledge
7Old Dutchwītanto know
8Proto-West Germanicwītanto accuse, to blame
9Proto-Germanic*witaną
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
11Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Norwegian Bokmål U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålUThe 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
2LatinvCapital form of
3Etruscan𐌖
4Ancient GreekΥypsilon
5Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
6Egyptian𓏲
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóydeEvery word from Proto-Germanic *witaną