Where does “virkelighet” come from?
virkelighet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål virkelig, from Danish virkelig, from German wirklich, from German wirken, from Middle High German wirken, from Old High German wirken, from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną — to make.
virkelighet (Norwegian Bokmål): reality
Definitions
- reality
Ancestry of “virkelighet”, step by step
virkelighet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål virkelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | virkelig | actual; real; really, truly |
| 2 | Danish | virkelig | real |
| 3 | German | wirklich | real; really, actually |
| 4 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 5 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |