Where does “spændstig” come from?

spændstig (Danish) comes from Swedish spänstig, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

spændstig (Danish): resilient, springy, elastic, supple

Definitions

  1. resilient, springy, elastic, supple

Ancestry of “spændstig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspänstigspringy, elastic (and (somewhat) strong, when of a person)
2Swedish-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns
3Swedish-og—
4Old Swedish-ogher—
5Old Norse-igr-y
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “spændstig”

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