etymologi

etymologi

Danish

Noun

etymologi c (singular definite etymologien, plural indefinite etymologier)

1. etymology

Declension

Declension of etymologi

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	etymologi	etymologien	etymologier	etymologierne
genitive	etymologis	etymologiens	etymologiers	etymologiernes

Related terms

• etymolog
• etymologisk

References

• “etymologi” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Finnish

Noun

etymologi

1. etymologist

Declension

Inflection of etymologi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		etymologi	etymologit
genitive		etymologin	etymologien
partitive		etymologia	etymologeja
illative		etymologiin	etymologeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		etymologi	etymologit
accusative	nom.	etymologi	etymologit
	gen.	etymologin
genitive		etymologin	etymologien
partitive		etymologia	etymologeja
inessive		etymologissa	etymologeissa
elative		etymologista	etymologeista
illative		etymologiin	etymologeihin
adessive		etymologilla	etymologeilla
ablative		etymologilta	etymologeilta
allative		etymologille	etymologeille
essive		etymologina	etymologeina
translative		etymologiksi	etymologeiksi
instructive		—	etymologein
abessive		etymologitta	etymologeitta
comitative		—	etymologeineen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).

Noun

etymologi m (definite singular etymologien, indefinite plural etymologier, definite plural etymologiene)

1. etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

Derived terms

• etymolog
• etymologisere
• etymologisk
• folkeetymologi

References

• “etymologi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “etymologi” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).

Noun

etymologi m (definite singular etymologien, indefinite plural etymologiar, definite plural etymologiane)

1. etymology (as above)

Synonyms

• ordsoge

Derived terms

• etymolog
• etymologisere
• etymologisk
• folkeetymologi

References

• “etymologi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”), from λόγος (lógos).

Noun

etymologi c

1. etymology (study of the history of words, a branch of linguistics)
2. an etymology (the history of a word)

Declension

Declension of etymologi
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	etymologi	etymologin	etymologier	etymologierna
Genitive	etymologis	etymologins	etymologiers	etymologiernas

Related terms

• etymolog
• etymologisera
• etymologisk

References

• etymologi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)