Where does “digher” come from?
digher (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic digraz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.
Ancestry of “digher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | digr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | digraz | big, great, thick |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |