Where does “nakar” come from?

nakar (Faroese) comes from Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Old Norse nakkvarr.

nakar (Faroese): any, some, "indefinite pronoun"

Definitions

  1. any, some, "indefinite pronoun"

Ancestry of “nakar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenǫkkurrany, anybody; opposite to "engi"; some; some, a...
2Old Norsenakkvarr—

Words derived from “nakar”

Every word from Old Norse nakkvarr →Every word from Old Norse nǫkkurr →