Where does “skarpsinnig” come from?

skarpsinnig (Swedish) comes from Swedish -sinnig, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

skarpsinnig (Swedish): keen, acute, sharp, clever, sharp-witted

Definitions

  1. keen, acute, sharp, clever, sharp-witted

Ancestry of “skarpsinnig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-sinnigminded
2Swedish-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns
3Swedish-og—
4Old Swedish-ogher—
5Old Norse-igr-y
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “skarpsinnig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Swedish -ig →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →