Where does “viðskeyttur boðháttur” come from?
viðskeyttur boðháttur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic viðskeyttur, from Icelandic við, from Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic wiþr- — against.
viðskeyttur boðháttur (Icelandic): the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg or...
Definitions
- the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg or...
Ancestry of “viðskeyttur boðháttur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | viðskeyttur | something that is suffixed, something that is... |
| 2 | Icelandic | við | we, nominative plural form of the personal... |
| 3 | Old Norse | við | withy, withe; collar; against; towards, against |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wiþr- | against |