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Where does “medmenneske” come from?

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

medmenneske (Norwegian Nynorsk): fellow man, fellow human being

Definitions

  1. fellow man, fellow human being

Ancestry of “medmenneske”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmedwith; by; of
2Old Norsemeðwith, along with
3Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →