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Where does “notställ” come from?

notställ (Swedish) comes from Swedish nöt, from Old Swedish nut, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

notställ (Swedish): music stand

Definitions

  1. music stand

Ancestry of “notställ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnötnut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;...
2Old Swedishnutnut
3Old Norsehnotnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
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