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Where does “yttre” come from?

yttre (Swedish) comes from Old Norse ýtri, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

yttre (Swedish): outer, external, kept outside

Definitions

  1. outer, external, kept outside

Ancestry of “yttre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseýtriouter; outmost
2Old Norseútout
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “yttre”

  • ytterlig
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