Where does “naturforhold” come from?
naturforhold (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk forhold, from German Verhältnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
naturforhold (Norwegian Nynorsk): natural conditions
Definitions
- natural conditions
Ancestry of “naturforhold”, step by step
naturforhold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk forhold
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | forhold | relation; the manner in which two things may be... |
| 2 | German | Verhältnis | relation, ratio; relationship; affair |
| 3 | German | -nis | A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -nisse | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -nissī | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Norwegian Nynorsk natur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | natur | nature |
| 2 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 3 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 4 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |