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Where does “umogeleg” come from?

umogeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk mogeleg, from Old Norse mǫguligr, from Middle Low German mȫgelîk.

umogeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk): impossible; difficult; impossibly; not possibly

Definitions

  1. impossible; difficult; impossibly; not possibly

Ancestry of “umogeleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmogelegpossible
2Old Norsemǫguligrpossible
3Middle Low Germanmȫgelîk—
Every word from Middle Low German mȫgelîk →