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Where does “edelmetall” come from?

edelmetall (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk edel, from Low German edel.

edelmetall (Norwegian Nynorsk): a precious metal

Definitions

  1. a precious metal

Ancestry of “edelmetall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskedelnoble
2Low Germanedel—
Every word from Low German edel →