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Where does “lyd” come from?

lyd (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lyd, from Danish lyd, from Danish medlyd, from Danish med, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.

lyd (Norwegian Nynorsk): sound; people; audible, clear, intelligible

Definitions

  1. sound; people; audible, clear, intelligible

Ancestry of “lyd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållydsound; people; imperative of lyde
2Danishlydsound; noise; imperative of lyde
3Danishmedlydconsonant
4Danishmedwith; by; including, counting
5Old Norsemeðwith, along with
6Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—

Words derived from “lyd”

  • ultralyd
  • lydord
  • lydmur
  • ulyd
  • lydbok
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