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Where does “nationaldag” come from?

nationaldag (Swedish) comes from Danish national, from New Latin nationalis, from Latin natio, from Latin natus, from Latin nasci, from Latin nascor, from Latin gnascor, from Proto-Italic gnāskōr — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nationaldag (Swedish): national day

Definitions

  1. national day

Ancestry of “nationaldag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnationalnational, having to do with a particular country...
2New Latinnationalisnational
3Latinnatiobirth; nation, country, people; race, class
4Latinnatusborn, arisen, made; son, birth, age, years;...
5Latinnascipresent active infinitive of nāscor; to be born,...
6LatinnascorI am born, begotten; I arise, proceed; I grow,...
7LatingnascorAlternative form of nāscor; be born
8Proto-Italicgnāskōrbe born
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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