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Where does “fødselsattest” come from?

fødselsattest (Danish) comes from Danish fødsel, from Danish -sel, from Old English -els, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

fødselsattest (Danish): birth certificate

Definitions

  1. birth certificate

Ancestry of “fødselsattest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfødselbirth; delivery
2Danish-selForms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act...
3Old English-elssuffix creating nouns from verbs
4Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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