gnista

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

gnista c

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

Declension[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

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