Word Origin Summary

*s(w)ēd is attested in Proto-Indo-European. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• absolutt flertall

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt superlativ

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt komparativ

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt veto

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutistisk

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt temperatur

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt gehør

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• absolutt nullpunkt

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

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