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Where does “misunne” come from?

misunne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mis-, from Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misunne (Norwegian Bokmål): to envy

Definitions

  1. to envy

Ancestry of “misunne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmis-—
2Old Norsemis-mis-, wrong, erroneous
3Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “misunne”

  • misunnelse
  • misunnelig
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