Where does “kjønnsdele” come from?
kjønnsdele (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk dele, from Middle Low German delen, from Old Saxon dēlian, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
kjønnsdele (Norwegian Nynorsk): to segregate
Ancestry of “kjønnsdele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | dele | to divide; to split; to share |
| 2 | Middle Low German | delen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dēlian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |
Words derived from “kjønnsdele”