Where does “hysterisk” come from?

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

hysterisk (Danish): suffering from hysteria

Definitions

  1. suffering from hysteria

Ancestry of “hysterisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-skForms adjectives from nouns with sense of...
2Old Norse-skr-ish
3Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Danish -sk →
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