Where does “ammetåke” come from?

ammetåke (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk tåke, from Old Norse þoka, from Proto-Germanic þukōną — to fog, be misty.

ammetåke (Norwegian Nynorsk): a whimsy and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding

Definitions

  1. a whimsy and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding

Ancestry of “ammetåke”, step by step

ammetåke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk tåke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsktåkea fog or mist; a nebula
2Old Norseþokafog, mist
3Proto-Germanicþukōnąto fog, be misty

via Norwegian Nynorsk amme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskammea wet nurse; to breastfeed
2Low Germanamme—
Every word from Proto-Germanic þukōną →Every word from Old Norse þoka →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk tåke →