Where does “avslutta” come from?
avslutta (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål avslutte, from Danish afslutte, from Danish slutte, from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic sleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)klewd- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
avslutta (Norwegian Nynorsk): to finish, end
Definitions
- to finish, end
Ancestry of “avslutta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avslutte | to finish, end, conclude; complete, to close |
| 2 | Danish | afslutte | finish, end; close, conclude; finalize, complete |
| 3 | Danish | slutte | to end, to finale; to conclude |
| 4 | Middle Low German | slūten | to close |
| 5 | Old Saxon | slūtan | to close, conclude, lock |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | to bolt, lock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |