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Where does “Sameinuðu þjóðirnar” come from?

Sameinuðu þjóðirnar (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þjóð, from Old Norse þjóð, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Sameinuðu þjóðirnar (Icelandic): United Nations

Definitions

  1. United Nations

Ancestry of “Sameinuðu þjóðirnar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþjóða people, a nation
2Old Norseþjóða people
3Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “Sameinuðu þjóðirnar”

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