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Where does “hjerteskjærende” come from?

hjerteskjærende (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hjerte, from Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

hjerteskjærende (Norwegian Bokmål): heart-rending

Definitions

  1. heart-rending

Ancestry of “hjerteskjærende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhjerteheart
2Old Norsehjartaheart
3Proto-Germanichertôheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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