Where does “vanlig” come from?

vanlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse vanaligr.

vanlig (Norwegian Bokmål): common, usual, typical; ordinary

Definitions

  1. common, usual, typical; ordinary

Ancestry of “vanlig”, step by step

vanlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse vanaligr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevanaligr—

via Danish vanlig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvanligusual, ordinary, customary

Words derived from “vanlig”

Every word from Old Norse vanaligr →