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

  1. to take initiative (for something)

Ancestry of “insje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskinsjinitiative
2Norwegian Nynorskinitiativinitiative
3Frenchinitiativeinitiative
4Medieval Latininitiativusserving to initiate
5Late Latininitiareto begin
6Latininitiāre—
7Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
8Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
9Latinīre—
10Proto-ItaliceōI go
11Proto-Italicejō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →