Where does “gjørmete” come from?

gjørmete (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk -ete, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

gjørmete (Norwegian Nynorsk): muddy

Definitions

  1. muddy

Ancestry of “gjørmete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsk-eteforming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk -ete →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →