Where does “fregnete” come from?

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

fregnete (Norwegian Bokmål): freckled; definite singular of fregnet; plural of...

Definitions

  1. freckled; definite singular of fregnet; plural of...

Ancestry of “fregnete”, 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 →