Where does “sneddí” come from?
sneddí (Icelandic) comes from Danish snedig, from Danish -ig, from Low German -ig.
sneddí (Icelandic): nifty
Ancestry of “sneddí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | snedig | — |
| 2 | Danish | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 3 | Low German | -ig | — |