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Where does “symbolsk” come from?

symbolsk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk symbol, from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

symbolsk (Norwegian Nynorsk): symbolic

Definitions

  1. symbolic

Ancestry of “symbolsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksymbola symbol
2Latinsymbolumsymbol, token; creed
3Ancient Greekσύμβολονa sign or token by which one infers a thing; a...
4Ancient GreekσῠμβάλλωI throw together, dash together, compare,...
5Ancient GreekβάλλωI throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch
6Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō—
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