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Where does “ävensom” come from?

ävensom (Swedish) comes from Swedish söm, from Swedish -nad, from Old Norse -naðr, from Old Norse -aðr, from Proto-Norse -ᛟᚦᚢᛉ, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ävensom (Swedish): as well as, and also

Definitions

  1. as well as, and also

Ancestry of “ävensom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsömseam
2Swedish-nadsuffix used to create nouns, particularly from...
3Old Norse-naðrsuffix used to create nouns, particularly from...
4Old Norse-aðrsuffix used to create adjectives meaning “having,...
5Proto-Norse-ᛟᚦᚢᛉ—
6Proto-Germanic-ōdazForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the...
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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