Where does “prettur” come from?
prettur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse prettr, from Proto-Germanic prattuz, from Proto-Indo-European brodnó- — to wander about.
prettur (Icelandic): trick, swindle, deceit
Ancestry of “prettur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | prettr | a trick; trick, deceit |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | prattuz | boastful talk; deceit, trickery, stratagem, list,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | brodnó- | to wander about |