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Where does “hickning” come from?
hickning (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ning, from Old Norse -ning.
hickning
(Swedish): hiccup
Definitions
hiccup
Ancestry of “hickning”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Swedish
-ning
Used to form nouns from a verb, usually referring...
2
Old Norse
-ning
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