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Where does “kleggi” come from?

kleggi (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Indo-European glōgʰ-s — point.

kleggi (Old Norse): gadfly

Definitions

  1. gadfly

Ancestry of “kleggi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglōgʰ-spoint

Words derived from “kleggi”

  • cleg
  • klegg
  • clege
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