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Where does “brennvidd” come from?

brennvidd (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk vidd, from Old Norse vídd, from Proto-Germanic wīdiþō, from Proto-Germanic wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weydʰh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

brennvidd (Norwegian Nynorsk): focal length

Definitions

  1. focal length

Ancestry of “brennvidd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskviddwidth, breadth; a mountain plateau
2Old Norsevídd—
3Proto-Germanicwīdiþō—
4Proto-Germanicwīdazwide; broad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weydʰh₁osset apart, asunder, in two
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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