Where does “møkete” come from?

møkete (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk -ete, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

møkete (Norwegian Nynorsk): dirty

Definitions

  1. dirty

Ancestry of “møkete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsk-eteforming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk -ete →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →