gandr

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Old Norse word gandr comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, Proto-Baltic *gin-

*gʷʰen- (Proto-Indo-European)

to hit, kill, to press; to strike, slay, kill, to strike; slay, kill, to strike, to kill, to kill

*gin- (Proto-Baltic)

*gandaz (Proto-Germanic)

gandr (Old Norse)

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