Where does “Ålandsøerne” come from?

Ålandsøerne (Danish) comes from Danish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Ålandsøerne (Danish): Swedish speaking group of islands between Finland and Sweden

Definitions

  1. Swedish speaking group of islands between Finland and Sweden

Ancestry of “Ålandsøerne”, step by step

Ålandsøerne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish ø

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishøisland
2Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
3Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
4Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicagwjō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Danish Åland

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishÅlandÅland Islands
2Old NorseÁlandÅland
3Proto-Norseᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞwater-land
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →