Where does “fregnet” come from?

fregnet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse freknóttr, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

fregnet (Norwegian Bokmål): freckled

Definitions

  1. freckled

Ancestry of “fregnet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefreknóttrfreckly
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Old Norse freknóttr →