gnista

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish gnista, from Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (spark), from *ga- + *hnaistô (spark), perhaps from the ultimate source of German knistern (to crackle).[1]

Noun

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gnista c

  1. spark; a small glowing particle
  2. spark; an electric discharge

Declension

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Declension of gnista 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gnista gnistan gnistor gnistorna
Genitive gnistas gnistans gnistors gnistornas
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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gnaistan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

Anagrams

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