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Where does “dikt” come from?

dikt (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German dichten, from Latin dictō.

dikt (Old Norse): a poem

Definitions

  1. a poem

Ancestry of “dikt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandichtento compose a poem
2Latindictō—

Words derived from “dikt”

  • dikt
  • diktning
  • dikt
  • dikt
  • digt
  • prosadigt
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