Where does “serfrøðingur” come from?

serfrøðingur (Faroese) comes from Faroese frøðingur, from Faroese frøði, from Old Norse frœði, from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

serfrøðingur (Faroese): specialist, expert

Definitions

  1. specialist, expert

Ancestry of “serfrøðingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesefrøðingura scientist, scholar
2Faroesefrøðitheme for a poem or kvæði
3Old Norsefrœði—
4Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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