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Where does “kvinnelig” come from?

kvinnelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse kvennsligr.

kvinnelig (Norwegian Bokmål): female

Definitions

  1. female

Ancestry of “kvinnelig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekvennsligr—
Every word from Old Norse kvennsligr →