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Where does “modig” come from?
modig (Danish) comes from Danish -ig, from Low German -ig.
modig
(Danish): brave, courageous
Definitions
brave, courageous
Ancestry of “modig”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Danish
-ig
-y; forms adjectives from nouns
2
Low German
-ig
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