Where does “åmot” come from?

åmot (Norwegian) comes from Norwegian Bokmål å, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē — self (reflexive pronoun).

Ancestry of “åmot”, step by step

åmot traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål å

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Norwegian Bokmål	å	to; To express different emotions, oh; Used to...
2	Swedish	å	a river, a creek, a big stream; on
3	Swedish	och	and; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
4	Old Swedish	ock	—
5	Old Norse	ok	and; also, too; yoke
6	Old Norse	svá	so
7	Proto-Germanic	swa	so, thus, in this manner
8	Proto-Germanic	swē	like, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
9	Proto-Indo-European	swē	self (reflexive pronoun)

via Norwegian Bokmål mot

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Norwegian Bokmål	mot	courage; a meeting; to, towards
2	Danish	mod	courage; mood; against
3	Old Norse	mót	meeting; town-meeting; joint, juncture
4	Proto-Germanic	mōtą	meeting
5	Proto-Indo-European	meh₂d-	to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Norwegian Nynorsk mot

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Norwegian Nynorsk	mot	courage; a meeting; to, towards

Words derived from “åmot”

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