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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

Definitions

  1. probable

Ancestry of “sannsynleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwahrscheinlichlikely, probable, plausible; probably, likely
2Dutchwaarschijnlijkprobably; probable, likely
3Frenchvraisemblableplausible, likely
4Frenchvraitrue; real; truth
5Old Frenchveraireal; genuine
6Late Latinvērāgus—
7Latinvērāx—
8Latin-āx—
9Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
10Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
11Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sannsynleg”

  • sannsynlegvis
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