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a-endelse

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɛndəlsə/

“a-endelse” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. an a-ending; the letter a used as a suffix (especially for Norwegian nouns, verbs, and adjectives)

Etymology

a + endelse, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through Etruscan, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾. Last part from both Old Norse enda, from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end,”), from both *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front”), from *h₂ent- (“face”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on”) + and from…

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