Where does “sjukdom” come from?
sjukdom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sjúkdómr, from Old Norse -dómr, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
sjukdom (Norwegian Bokmål): illness, sickness, disease
Definitions
- illness, sickness, disease
Ancestry of “sjukdom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sjúkdómr | sickness |
| 2 | Old Norse | -dómr | Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -dōmaz | Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰóh₁mos | that which is put, placed |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |