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Where does “almenviden” come from?

almenviden (Danish) comes from Danish almen, from Swedish allmän, from Old Norse almennr.

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Ancestry of “almenviden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishalmencommon; public; general
2Swedishallmänpublic; general, generic, common, vague ,...
3Old Norsealmennr—
Every word from Old Norse almennr →