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Where does “posi” come from?

posi (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic pusô — bag, sack, scrip.

posi (Icelandic): small bag

Definitions

  1. small bag

Ancestry of “posi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseposipurse, bag; bag, purse
2Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
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