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Where does “ytter-” come from?

ytter- (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ytre, from Old Norse ýtri, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ytter- (Norwegian Bokmål): outer

Definitions

  1. outer

Ancestry of “ytter-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålytreouter
2Old Norseýtriouter; outmost
3Old Norseútout
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ytter-”

  • ytterkant
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