Etymology

dugnad

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Today it means: Unpaid voluntary, orchestrated community work. Full definition →

Norwegian dugnad ← Old Norse dugnaðr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromdugnaðr“help”
  2. Norwegian · derived fromdugnad
  3. English todaydugnad

From Norwegian dugnad, from Old Norse dugnaðr (“help”).

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