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Where does “Schleswig” come from?

Schleswig (German) comes from Danish Slesvig.

Ancestry of “Schleswig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishSlesvig—

Words derived from “Schleswig”

  • Schleswig
  • Schleswiger
  • schleswig-holsteinisch
  • Schleswiger
  • Schleswig-Holstein
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