Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “modig” come from?

modig (Danish) comes from Danish -ig, from Low German -ig.

modig (Danish): brave, courageous

Definitions

  1. brave, courageous

Ancestry of “modig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns
2Low German-ig—
Every word from Low German -ig →