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Where does “nokkur” come from?
nokkur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Old Norse nakkvarr.
nokkur
(Icelandic): some
Definitions
some
Ancestry of “nokkur”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
nǫkkurr
any, anybody; opposite to "engi"; some; some, a...
2
Old Norse
nakkvarr
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Words derived from “nokkur”
nokkuð
allnokkur
þónokkur
Every word from Old Norse nakkvarr →
Every word from Old Norse nǫkkurr →