Where does “læknisskoðun” come from?

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

læknisskoðun (Icelandic): medical, medical examination

Definitions

  1. medical, medical examination

Ancestry of “læknisskoðun”, step by step

læknisskoðun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic skoðun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskoðunopinion; study; inspection, checkup, examination
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

via Icelandic læknir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclæknirmedical practitioner, doctor, MD
2Old Norselæknirhealer
3Old Norselækir
4Proto-Germaniclēkijazdoctor, physician
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nisEvery word from Icelandic -unEvery word from Old Norse -an