Where does “ydmykhet” come from?

ydmykhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

ydmykhet (Norwegian Bokmål): humility, meekness

Definitions

  1. humility, meekness

Ancestry of “ydmykhet”, step by step

ydmykhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålydmykhumble, meek; imperative of ydmyke
2Old Norseauðmjúkrwilling, humble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →
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