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Swedish
Etymology
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
gnista c
- spark; a small glowing particle
- spark; an electric discharge
Declension
References
- ^ 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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