Where does “jafna” come from?
jafna (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse jafna, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.
jafna (Icelandic): an equation; to equalise, level, even up, even...
Definitions
- an equation; to equalise, level, even up, even...
Ancestry of “jafna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | jafna | to even; level ground; inflection of jafn:
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| 2 | Old Norse | jafn | even; equal, the same |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ebnaz | even, level |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁émnos | equal, straight; flat, level, even |
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