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Where does “jafnhallaferill” come from?

jafnhallaferill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic jafn, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.

jafnhallaferill (Icelandic): an isocline, any of a series of lines having the...

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  1. an isocline, any of a series of lines having the...

Ancestry of “jafnhallaferill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicjafneven; equal
2Old Norsejafneven; equal, the same
3Proto-Germanicebnazeven, level
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁émnosequal, straight; flat, level, even
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