Where does “fruktig” come from?
fruktig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ig, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
fruktig (Norwegian Bokmål): fruity
Ancestry of “fruktig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 2 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “fruktig”