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Where does “skyndilegur” come from?

skyndilegur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -legur, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

skyndilegur (Icelandic): sudden

Definitions

  1. sudden

Ancestry of “skyndilegur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-legur-ly
2Old Norse-ligrsuffix used to create adjectives, having the...
3Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “skyndilegur”

  • skyndilega
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