Where does “femdel” come from?
femdel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk del, from Middle Low German dēl, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.
femdel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fifth
Ancestry of “femdel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | del | part, portion, share |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dēl | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dēl | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | daili | part |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dailiz | part, portion, deal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |