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Where does “tilvísun” come from?

tilvísun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vísun, from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

tilvísun (Icelandic): reference; instructions

Definitions

  1. reference; instructions

Ancestry of “tilvísun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvísunallusion
2Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
3Icelandic-an—
4Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
6Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nis—

Words derived from “tilvísun”

  • tilvísunarfornafn
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