Where does “hjúkrunarfræði” come from?

hjúkrunarfræði (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...

hjúkrunarfræði (Icelandic): nursing (as an academic subject); the study of nursing

Definitions

  1. nursing (as an academic subject); the study of nursing

Ancestry of “hjúkrunarfræði”, 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 “hjúkrunarfræði

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄
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