Where does “insje” come from?
insje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk insj, from Norwegian Nynorsk initiativ, from French initiative, from Medieval Latin initiativus, from Late Latin initiare, from Latin initiāre, from Latin initium, from Latin inire — to go.
insje (Norwegian Nynorsk): to take initiative (for something)
Definitions
- to take initiative (for something)
Ancestry of “insje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | insj | initiative |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | initiativ | initiative |
| 3 | French | initiative | initiative |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | initiativus | serving to initiate |
| 5 | Late Latin | initiare | to begin |
| 6 | Latin | initiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | initium | beginning, start; rites, mysteries |
| 8 | Latin | inire | present active infinitive of ineō; to go in,... |
| 9 | Latin | īre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |