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Where does “spaltbredd” come from?

spaltbredd (Swedish) comes from Swedish bredd, from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic braidiþō, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

spaltbredd (Swedish): column width

Definitions

  1. column width

Ancestry of “spaltbredd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbreddwidth, breadth
2Old Norsebreiddbreadth
3Proto-Germanicbraidiþōbreadth
4Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
5Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th
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