Where does “iransk” come from?
iransk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -sk, from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
iransk (Norwegian Bokmål): Iranian
Ancestry of “iransk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -sk | -ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and... |
| 2 | Old Norse | -skr | -ish |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |