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Where does “meðvitundarlaus” come from?

meðvitundarlaus (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic meðvitund, from Icelandic með, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.

meðvitundarlaus (Icelandic): unconscious

Definitions

  1. unconscious

Ancestry of “meðvitundarlaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmeðvitundconsciousness, awareness
2Icelandicmeðwith
3Old Norsemeðwith, along with
4Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →