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Where does “nynorsk” come from?

nynorsk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål norsk, 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.

nynorsk (Norwegian Bokmål): Nynorsk

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Ancestry of “nynorsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålnorskNorwegian
2Middle NorwegiannornskrNorwegian
3Old Norsenorrǿnn—
4Old Norsenorðrǿnn—
5Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
6Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
7Proto-Indo-European*nér—

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