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Where does “tosproget” come from?

tosproget (Danish) comes 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.

tosproget (Danish): bilingual, especially natively so

Definitions

  1. bilingual, especially natively so

Ancestry of “tosproget”, step by step

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