Where does “voldsom” come from?
voldsom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vold, from Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
voldsom (Norwegian Bokmål): violent
Ancestry of “voldsom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vold | violence; imperative of volde |
| 2 | Old Norse | vald | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |