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Where does “knattspyrnuþjálfari” come from?

knattspyrnuþjálfari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þjálfari, from Icelandic -arí, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

knattspyrnuþjálfari (Icelandic): football coach, soccer coach

Definitions

  1. football coach, soccer coach

Ancestry of “knattspyrnuþjálfari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþjálfaricoach, trainer
2Icelandic-arí—
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →