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Where does “dyrisk” come from?

dyrisk (Danish) comes from Danish -isk, from Danish -sk, from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

dyrisk (Danish): bestial; animal; bestially, brutishly

Definitions

  1. bestial; animal; bestially, brutishly

Ancestry of “dyrisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-iskAlternative form of -sk
2Danish-skForms adjectives from nouns with sense of...
3Old Norse-skr-ish
4Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
5Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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