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Where does “närå” come from?

närå (Swedish) comes from Swedish då, from Old Swedish þa, from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

närå (Swedish): oh no, certainly not

Definitions

  1. oh no, certainly not

Ancestry of “närå”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdåthen; at that time; then; in that case; what...
2Old Swedishþa—
3Old Norseþáthen, at that time; that; those
4Germanic*þan—
5Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
6Proto-Germanicþam—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
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