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Where does “lögfræðingur” come from?

lögfræðingur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lögfræði, from Icelandic -fræði, from Icelandic fræði, from Old Norse frœði, from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

lögfræðingur (Icelandic): lawyer

Definitions

  1. lawyer

Ancestry of “lögfræðingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclögfræðijurisprudence, law
2Icelandic-fræði-logy
3Icelandicfræðiscience, studies; inflection of fræða: ##...
4Old Norsefrœði—
5Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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