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Where does “hækkun” come from?

hækkun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

hækkun (Icelandic): heightening, raising, elevation; rise, increase

Definitions

  1. heightening, raising, elevation; rise, increase

Ancestry of “hækkun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
2Icelandic-an—
3Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
4Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
5Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nis—

Words derived from “hækkun”

  • launahækkun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →