Where does “ryddig” come from?
ryddig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ig, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
ryddig (Norwegian Bokmål): neat, tidy
Ancestry of “ryddig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 2 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |