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Where does “uusnorja” come from?

uusnorja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Norja, from Swedish Norge, from Old Norse Noregr, from Old Norse Norvegr, from Old Norse Norðvegr, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz.

uusnorja (Finnish): Nynorsk, one of the two Norwegian languages

Definitions

  1. Nynorsk, one of the two Norwegian languages

Ancestry of “uusnorja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNorjaNorway
2SwedishNorgeNorway
3Old NorseNoregrNorway
4Old NorseNorvegrnorth way
5Old NorseNorðvegr—
6Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
8Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
9Proto-Indo-European*nér—
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