Where does “prøysser” come from?

prøysser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Preuße, from Middle High German Priuze, from Old Prussian *Prūsas.

prøysser (Norwegian Bokmål): a Prussian person from Prussia

Definitions

  1. a Prussian person from Prussia

Ancestry of “prøysser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPreußePrussian; Northern German
2Middle High GermanPriuze—
3Old Prussian*Prūsas—
Every word from Old Prussian *Prūsas →Every word from Middle High German Priuze →Every word from German Preuße →