Where does “alaskisk” come from?
alaskisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -isk, from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
alaskisk (Norwegian Bokmål): Alaskan
Ancestry of “alaskisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -isk | -ish; -esque; also forming adjectives from nouns |
| 2 | Old Norse | -iskr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |