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Where does “sauebruk” come from?

sauebruk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk -e-, from Old Norse -ar, from Proto-Germanic -ōz, from Proto-Indo-European -oes.

sauebruk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sheep farm

Definitions

  1. a sheep farm

Ancestry of “sauebruk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsk-e-battle
2Old Norse-arplural; possessive
3Proto-Germanic-ōz—
4Proto-Indo-European-oes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -oes →