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Where does “sveiser” come from?

sveiser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sveise, from German schweißen, from Middle High German sweizen, from Old High German sweizen, from Proto-Germanic swaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

sveiser (Norwegian Bokmål): a welder; indefinite plural of sveis; present of...

Definitions

  1. a welder; indefinite plural of sveis; present of...

Ancestry of “sveiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsveiseto weld
2Germanschweißento weld; to sweat; to bleed
3Middle High Germansweizento sweat, bleed
4Old High Germansweizento roast
5Proto-Germanicswaitijanąto sweat
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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