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Where does “-iskr” come from?

-iskr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

Ancestry of “-iskr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-iskr”

  • abderitisk
  • schweizisk
  • kulturpolitisk
  • flegmatisk
  • ivoriansk
  • profetisk
  • antarktisk
  • -isk
  • juridisk
  • algebraisk
  • själisk
  • pythagoreisk
  • apatisk
  • metrisk
  • babylonisk
  • alfabetisk
  • teoretisk
  • polska
  • biblisk
  • laotisk
  • kriminologisk
  • gotländsk
  • boliviansk
  • bolivianska
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →