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Where does “oppsikt” come from?

oppsikt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Aufsicht, from German aufsehen.

oppsikt (Norwegian Nynorsk): attention; supervision, surveillance

Definitions

  1. attention; supervision, surveillance

Ancestry of “oppsikt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufsichtsupervision, oversight
2Germanaufsehen—

Words derived from “oppsikt”

  • oppsiktsvekkjande
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