Where does “viðskeyttur greinir” come from?
viðskeyttur greinir (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic greinir, from Icelandic grein, from Old Norse grein, from Proto-Germanic grainō.
viðskeyttur greinir (Icelandic): a suffixed, postfixed article or enclitic...
Definitions
- a suffixed, postfixed article or enclitic...
Ancestry of “viðskeyttur greinir”, step by step
viðskeyttur greinir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic greinir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | greinir | article |
| 2 | Icelandic | grein | branch; article, piece; subject, field |
| 3 | Old Norse | grein | branch; point, head, part; cause, reason |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grainō | — |
via Icelandic viðskeyttur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |