Where does “-sk” come from?

-sk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-sk (Norwegian Bokmål): -ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and...

Definitions

  1. -ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and...

Ancestry of “-sk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-skr-ish
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-sk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Old Norse -skr →
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