A-kjendis
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
A + kjendis, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite 
, from Proto-Sinaitic 
, from Egyptian 𓃾.
Last part from Swedish kändis (“celebrity”) (with the suffix -is from Swedish -is (diminutive suffix), from Latin -is), from känd (“known, famous”), past participle of känna (“to know”), from Old Swedish kænna (“to make known”), from Old Norse kenna (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”), from *kunnaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know, recognize”), from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Pronunciation
Noun
A-kjendis m (definite singular A-kjendisen, indefinite plural A-kjendiser, definite plural A-kjendisene)
- Alternative spelling of a-kjendis
References
- “A-kjendis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “A-kjendis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).