Where does “afrikansk” come from?

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

afrikansk (Norwegian Bokmål): African

Definitions

  1. African

Ancestry of “afrikansk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålAfrika—
2Norwegian Bokmål-sk-ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and...
3Old Norse-skr-ish
4Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
5Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “afrikansk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -sk →