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Where does “påskesøndag” come from?

påskesøndag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål søndag, from Danish søndag, from Old Danish sundagh, from Old Norse sunnudagr, from Old Saxon sunnundag, from Proto-Germanic *Sunnōn dag, from Latin dies Solis, from Latin sōl — sun.

påskesøndag (Norwegian Bokmål): Easter Sunday

Definitions

  1. Easter Sunday

Ancestry of “påskesøndag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålsøndagSunday
2DanishsøndagSunday
3Old Danishsundagh—
4Old NorsesunnudagrSunday
5Old Saxonsunnundag—
6Proto-Germanic*Sunnōn dag—
7Latindies Solissun's day
8Latinsōl—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
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