Where does “kvænsk” come from?

kvænsk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk -sk, from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

kvænsk (Norwegian Nynorsk): Finnish

Definitions

  1. Finnish

Ancestry of “kvænsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsk-sk-ish; used to form adjectives from nouns and...
2Old Norse-skr-ish
3Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
4Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Norwegian Nynorsk -sk →