Where does “hengslete” come from?

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

hengslete (Norwegian Nynorsk): gangly, lanky

Definitions

  1. gangly, lanky

Ancestry of “hengslete”, 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 →
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