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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gnista gnistas
definite gnistan gnistans
plural indefinite gnistor gnistors
definite gnistorna gnistornas
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References

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

Anagrams

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