Where does “spekning” come from?

spekning (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

spekning (Norwegian Bokmål): curing; preservation of meat, fish, or similar food by salting, drying, and often smoking

Definitions

  1. curing; preservation of meat, fish, or similar food by salting, drying, and often smoking

Ancestry of “spekning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-ningused to form nouns, usually from verbs
2Old Norse-ning—
Every word from Old Norse -ning →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ning →
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