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Where does “skruptosset” come from?

skruptosset (Danish) comes from Danish tosset, from Danish -et, from Old Norse -it, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

skruptosset (Danish): stark raving mad, very insane

Definitions

  1. stark raving mad, very insane

Ancestry of “skruptosset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtossetcrazy, insane
2Danish-etForms past participles of some verbs, like -t;...
3Old Norse-it—
4Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
5Proto-Norse-īna-—
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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