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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk -niss, from Old Skundavisk -nissu, -nassu, from Halmisk -nassu, -nassuŕ, from Proto-Germanic *-nassuz.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-nis m. (genitive -nis, plural nisse)

  1. -ness, -ty (used to form nouns from adjectives or nouns)
    bitter > bitternis
    bitter > bitterness

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