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Where does “sistnevnt” come from?

sistnevnt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sist, from Old Norse síðastr.

sistnevnt (Norwegian Bokmål): latter, last-mentioned

Definitions

  1. latter, last-mentioned

Ancestry of “sistnevnt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsistlast; last, lastly
2Old Norsesíðastr—
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