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Where does “kirurgisk” come from?

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

kirurgisk (Danish): surgical

Definitions

  1. surgical

Ancestry of “kirurgisk”, 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
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