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Where does “uttrykksfull” come from?

uttrykksfull (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk uttrykk, from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.

uttrykksfull (Norwegian Nynorsk): expressive

Definitions

  1. expressive

Ancestry of “uttrykksfull”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskuttrykkan expression
2GermanAusdruckexpression, term; diction; expression,...
3Germanausdrückento squeeze, to squeeze out; to express
4Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
5Middle High Germandrücken—
6Old High Germandrucchento press
7Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
8Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
9Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
10Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
11Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
12Proto-Italictermenos—
13Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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