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Where does “norsk” come from?

norsk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Norwegian nornskr, from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Old Norse norðrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér.

norsk (Norwegian Bokmål): Norwegian

Definitions

  1. Norwegian

Ancestry of “norsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle NorwegiannornskrNorwegian
2Old Norsenorrǿnn—
3Old Norsenorðrǿnn—
4Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
5Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
6Proto-Indo-European*nér—

Words derived from “norsk”

  • ニーノシュク
  • Norskehavet
  • mellomnorsk
  • høgnorsk
  • nordnorsk
  • nynorsk
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