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gagn.

usefulness, use, avail

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkakn̥]

  1. usefulness, use, avail

    neuter

  2. item, article (for a specific purpose)

    neuter

  3. data

    in-plural · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

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