Where does “kjendis” come from?
kjendis (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish kändis, from Swedish känd, from Swedish känna, from Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
kjendis (Norwegian Nynorsk): a celebrity
Definitions
- a celebrity
Ancestry of “kjendis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kändis | a celebrity |
| 2 | Swedish | känd | known; famous |
| 3 | Swedish | känna | to feel, to sense; to know |
| 4 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |