Where does “vektproblem” come from?

vektproblem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vekt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

vektproblem (Norwegian Bokmål): a weight problem

Definitions

  1. a weight problem

Ancestry of “vektproblem”, step by step

vektproblem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål vekt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvektweight; scales; past participle of vekke
2Danishvægtweight; scales; Libra
3Old Danishwict
4Middle Low Germanwicht
5Old Saxonwihtcreature, person, thing, being
6Proto-West Germanicwihtithing, creature; weight
7Proto-Germanicwihtizessence, being; thing, creature; weight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Norwegian Bokmål problem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålproblemproblem
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic wihti
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