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Where does “gyttja” come from?

gyttja (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic gutjōn.

gyttja (Swedish): watery mud, muck; a fine-grained, nutrient-rich...

Definitions

  1. watery mud, muck; a fine-grained, nutrient-rich...

Ancestry of “gyttja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgutjōn—

Words derived from “gyttja”

  • gyttjebad
Every word from Proto-Germanic gutjōn →