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Where does “merkeleg” come from?

merkeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse merkiligr.

merkeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk): strange; strangely, oddly

Definitions

  1. strange; strangely, oddly

Ancestry of “merkeleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemerkiligr—
Every word from Old Norse merkiligr →