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Where does “tosset” come from?

tosset (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.

tosset (Danish): crazy, insane

Definitions

  1. crazy, insane

Ancestry of “tosset”, 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

Words derived from “tosset”

  • skruptosset
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →