Where does “menningarsnauður” come from?

menningarsnauður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic menning, from Old Norse menning, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

menningarsnauður (Icelandic): uncultured

Definitions

  1. uncultured

Ancestry of “menningarsnauður”, step by step

menningarsnauður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic menning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmenningcivilization, culture
2Old Norsemenningbreeding, upbringing, education
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

via Icelandic snauður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsnauðurpoor, impoverished
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Old Norse -ing →Every word from Old Norse menning →