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Where does “frøken” come from?

frøken (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German vroiken.

frøken (Norwegian Bokmål): Miss, miss; a female teacher

Definitions

  1. Miss, miss; a female teacher

Ancestry of “frøken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvroiken—
Every word from Middle Low German vroiken →