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ydmyg.

humble

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/yðmyːˀ/[ˈyðˌmyˀ]
  1. humble

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg, from Old Norse auðmjúkr (“willing, humble”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk, Swedish ödmjuk. A compound of auð- (“easy”) + mjúkr (“soft”). The first part is an old Germanic adjective *auþuz (“easy”), cognate with English eath.

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