English Explanatory Dictionary

Nynorsk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.

Pronunciation

/ˈnjuːnɔːsk/ /ˈniːnɔːsk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nynorsk.wav /ˈnunɔɹsk/ /ˈninɔɹsk/

Word forms

Nynorsk

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *new- Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Germanic *niwjazder. Proto-Norse ᚾᛁᚹᚨᛉ (niwaʀ) Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁᚹᛦ (*niwʀ) Old Norse *ᚾᛁᚢᛦ (*niuʀ) Old Norse nȳʀ Old Norse nýr Norwegian Nynorsk ny Norwegian Nynorsk ny- Proto-Indo-European *nér Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)nŕ̥t(e)rosder. Proto-Germanic *nurþraz Proto-Germanic *ōnijaz Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz Old Norse norðrǿnn Old Norse norrǿnn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Old Norse -skr Middle Norwegian nornskrder. Norwegian Nynorsk norsk Norwegian Nynorsk nynorskbor. English Nynorsk Borrowed from Norwegian nynorsk (“Modern Norwegian”, literally “New Norwegian”).

Synonyms

New Norwegian Norwegian Nynorsk

Related words

høgnorsk bokmål landsmål riksmål
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