Where does “sannsynleg” come from?
sannsynleg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German wahrscheinlich, from Dutch waarschijnlijk, from French vraisemblable, from French vrai, from Old French verai, from Late Latin vērāgus, from Latin vērāx, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sannsynleg (Norwegian Nynorsk): probable
Ancestry of “sannsynleg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | wahrscheinlich | likely, probable, plausible; probably, likely |
| 2 | Dutch | waarschijnlijk | probably; probable, likely |
| 3 | French | vraisemblable | plausible, likely |
| 4 | French | vrai | true; real; truth |
| 5 | Old French | verai | real; genuine |
| 6 | Late Latin | vērāgus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vērāx | — |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “sannsynleg”