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Where does “franskbrauð” come from?

franskbrauð (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic franskur, from Danish fransk, from Middle Low German fransch, from Old French Franceis, from Latin Franciscus, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

franskbrauð (Icelandic): white bread

Definitions

  1. white bread

Ancestry of “franskbrauð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicfranskurFrench
2DanishfranskFrench
3Middle Low Germanfransch—
4Old FrenchFranceis—
5LatinFranciscusFrench; Frankish
6Latinfrancianominative plural of francium; accusative plural...
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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