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Where does “í gegn” come from?

í gegn (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

í gegn (Old Norse): against

Definitions

  1. against

Ancestry of “í gegn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseíin
2Proto-Germanicinin; into
3Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “í gegn”

  • igen
  • återigen
  • igjen
  • igjen
  • igjann
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