Where does “værforhold” come from?
værforhold (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forhold, from German Verhältnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
værforhold (Norwegian Bokmål): weather conditions
Ancestry of “værforhold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forhold | relation; the manner in which two things may be... |
| 2 | German | Verhältnis | relation, ratio; relationship; affair |
| 3 | German | -nis | A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -nisse | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -nissī | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |