Where does “aktsam” come from?

aktsam (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish akt, from Latin āctus, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

aktsam (Norwegian Nynorsk): careful, attentive

Definitions

  1. careful, attentive

Ancestry of “aktsam”, step by step

aktsam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish akt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishaktact; a division of a theatrical performance; act,...
2Latināctusmade, done, having been done
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Norwegian Nynorsk akt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskaktan act, ceremony; an act; a nude model
2Middle Low Germanachtarrest of the king, ostracism, exclusion from the secular legal community
3Proto-West Germanicą̄htupersecution
4Proto-Germanicahjanąto think
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “aktsam

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Italic agō