Where does “utsiktspunkt” come from?
utsiktspunkt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk utsikt, from Norwegian Nynorsk sikt, from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną — to follow; to see; to say.
utsiktspunkt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a lookout point
Ancestry of “utsiktspunkt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | utsikt | a view; outlook |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sikt | visibility; a sieve |
| 3 | German | Sicht | view; sight; visibility |
| 4 | Middle High German | siht | — |
| 5 | Old High German | siht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sihti | seeing, sight |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |