Where does “metonymisk” come from?

metonymisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -isk, from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

metonymisk (Norwegian Bokmål): metonymic, metonymical

Definitions

  1. metonymic, metonymical

Ancestry of “metonymisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-isk-ish; -esque; also forming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-iskr—
3Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -isk →