Where does “guidebok” come from?
guidebok (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk guide, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.
guidebok (Norwegian Nynorsk): a guidebook
Ancestry of “guidebok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | guide | a guide; to guide |
| 2 | English | Guide | — |
| 3 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 4 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 5 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 6 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 7 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |