Where does “ønskeliste” come from?
ønskeliste (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ønskeliste, from Norwegian Bokmål ønske, from Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic wunskaz, from Proto-Indo-European wun-.
Ancestry of “ønskeliste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ønskeliste | a wish list |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ønske | a wish; a desire; to wish |
| 3 | Old Norse | ósk | wish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wunskaz | wish |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wun- | — |