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Where does “ilegge” come from?

ilegge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål I, from Danish I, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

ilegge (Norwegian Bokmål): to impose

Definitions

  1. to impose

Ancestry of “ilegge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålII; ye
2DanishIyou, you all
3Old Norseíin
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
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