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Where does “digt” come from?

digt (Danish) comes from Old Norse dikt, from Middle Low German dichten, from Latin dictō.

digt (Danish): poem; fiction; imperative of digte

Definitions

  1. poem; fiction; imperative of digte

Ancestry of “digt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedikta poem
2Middle Low Germandichtento compose a poem
3Latindictō—

Words derived from “digt”

  • prosadigt
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