Where does “lydord” come from?
lydord (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, 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.
lydord (Norwegian Nynorsk): an onomatopoeic word
Ancestry of “lydord”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | lyd | sound; people; audible, clear, intelligible |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | lyd | sound; people; imperative of lyde |
| 3 | Danish | lyd | sound; noise; imperative of lyde |
| 4 | Danish | medlyd | consonant |
| 5 | Danish | med | with; by; including, counting |
| 6 | Old Norse | með | with, along with |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | — |