Where does “hjúkrunarfræðingur” come from?

hjúkrunarfræðingur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hjúkrunarfræði, 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...

hjúkrunarfræðingur (Icelandic): nurse

Definitions

  1. nurse

Ancestry of “hjúkrunarfræðingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichjúkrunarfræðinursing (as an academic subject); the study of nursing
2Icelandic-fræði-logy
3Icelandicfræðiscience, studies; inflection of fræða: ##...
4Old Norsefrœði
5Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄
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