gnista

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

  1. spark; a small glowing particle
  2. spark; an electric discharge

Declension
Declension of gnista 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gnista gnistan gnistor gnistorna
Genitive gnistas gnistans gnistors gnistornas
  • gnistbildning
  • gnistgaller
  • gnistkammare
  • gnistra
  • gnistrande
  • gnistregn
  • gnistskydd
  • gnistsläckare
  • gnistsändare
  • gnisttändning
  • tändgnista

References
  1. 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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