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Where does “búfræði” come from?

búfræði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -fræði, from Icelandic fræði, 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...

Ancestry of “búfræði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-fræði-logy
2Icelandicfræðiscience, studies; inflection of fræða: ##...
3Old Norsefrœði—
4Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “búfræði”

  • búfræðingur
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