Where does “ansiktsuttrykk” come from?
ansiktsuttrykk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk uttrykk, from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
ansiktsuttrykk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a facial expression
Definitions
- a facial expression
Ancestry of “ansiktsuttrykk”, step by step
ansiktsuttrykk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk uttrykk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | uttrykk | an expression |
| 2 | German | Ausdruck | expression, term; diction; expression,... |
| 3 | German | ausdrücken | to squeeze, to squeeze out; to express |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |