Where does “landegrense” come from?
landegrense (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk e, from Old Norse ér, from Old Norse es, from Proto-Germanic īz, from Proto-Indo-European ís — the . This demonstrative was used instead of a...
landegrense (Norwegian Nynorsk): border, frontier
Ancestry of “landegrense”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | e | Apocopic form of er, present of vera |
| 2 | Old Norse | ér | "nom. pl." to ‘þú’, ye |
| 3 | Old Norse | es | that; is; as |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | īz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ís | the . This demonstrative was used instead of a... |