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Where does “kjåkkji” come from?
kjåkkji (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse kjalki, from Proto-Germanic *kelkô — jaw-bone.
Ancestry of “kjåkkji”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
kjalki
jaw-bone; hand-sledge
2
Proto-Germanic
*kelkô
jaw-bone
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