Where does “tolkning” come from?

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

tolkning (Norwegian Bokmål): an interpretation

Definitions

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Ancestry of “tolkning”, 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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