Where does “uansett” come from?
uansett (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål uansett, from Norwegian Bokmål u-, from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
uansett (Norwegian Nynorsk): anyway, regardless
Ancestry of “uansett”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | uansett | anyway, however; regardless of |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | u- | un-, im-; an abbreviation of certain words... |
| 3 | Old Norse | ú- | not, non-, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |