Where does “nokkuð” come from?

nokkuð (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic nokkur, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Old Norse nakkvarr.

nokkuð (Icelandic): fairly, quite

Definitions

  1. fairly, quite

Ancestry of “nokkuð”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicnokkursome
2Old Norsenǫkkurrany, anybody; opposite to "engi"; some; some, a...
3Old Norsenakkvarr—
Every word from Old Norse nakkvarr →Every word from Old Norse nǫkkurr →Every word from Icelandic nokkur →