Where does “kanskje” come from?
kanskje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk skje, from Middle Low German schên, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek-.
kanskje (Norwegian Nynorsk): perhaps; maybe
Ancestry of “kanskje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | skje | to happen, occur |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schên | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | skehan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | — |