Where does “vanskeliggjøre” come from?
vanskeliggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gjøre, from Danish gøre, from Old Danish gøræ, from Old Norse gera, from Proto-Germanic garwijaną, from Proto-Germanic garwaz, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
vanskeliggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål): to make difficult
Definitions
- to make difficult
Ancestry of “vanskeliggjøre”, step by step
vanskeliggjøre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål gjøre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gjøre | to do |
| 2 | Danish | gøre | to do, perform, execute; to make |
| 3 | Old Danish | gøræ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | gera | to do, make |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | garwijaną | to prepare |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | garwaz | ready, prepared |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål vanskelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vanskelig | difficult; hard |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | vanske | difficulty, problem, trouble |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | vånd | European water vole; wand; thin, flexible stick,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | vǫndr | wand, switch, twig; stripe; wicker, wattle |
| 5 | Norwegian Nynorsk | vinde | to wind; inflection of vind: ## definite... |
| 6 | Old Norse | vinda | to twist, wring, squeeze, wind; to wind, hoist;... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | windaną | to wind, to wrap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |