Where does “prosadigt” come from?

prosadigt (Danish) comes from Danish digt, from Old Norse dikt, from Middle Low German dichten, from Latin dictō — to repeat, say often.

prosadigt (Danish): prose poem

Definitions

  1. prose poem

Ancestry of “prosadigt”, step by step

prosadigt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish digt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdigtpoem; fiction; imperative of digte
2Old Norsedikta poem
3Middle Low Germandichtento compose a poem
4Latindictōto repeat, say often

via Danish prosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishprosaprose
Every word from Latin dictō →Every word from Middle Low German dichten →Every word from Old Norse dikt →