Where does “kostnadseffektiv” come from?
kostnadseffektiv (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk effektiv, from Latin effectīvus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
kostnadseffektiv (Norwegian Nynorsk): cost-effective
Ancestry of “kostnadseffektiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | effektiv | effective; efficient |
| 2 | Latin | effectīvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |