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Where does “hjúkrunarheimili” come from?

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

hjúkrunarheimili (Icelandic): nursing home

Definitions

  1. nursing home

Ancestry of “hjúkrunarheimili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichjúkrunnursing
2Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
3Icelandic-an—
4Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
6Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →