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Where does “forhold” come from?

forhold (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Verhältnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

forhold (Norwegian Nynorsk): relation; the manner in which two things may be...

Definitions

  1. relation; the manner in which two things may be...

Ancestry of “forhold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerhältnisrelation, ratio; relationship; affair
2German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
3Middle High German-nisse—
4Old High German-nissī—
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “forhold”

  • forholdsvis
  • leveforhold
  • arbeidsforhold
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