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Where does “skickelsediger” come from?

skickelsediger (Swedish) comes from Swedish skickelse, from Swedish -else, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

skickelsediger (Swedish): fateful, significant, important

Definitions

  1. fateful, significant, important

Ancestry of “skickelsediger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskickelsefate
2Swedish-elsecreating nouns from verbs
3Old Saxon-isli—
4Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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