Where does “lomvie” come from?

lomvie (Danish) comes from Faroese lomvigi, from Old Norse langvé.

lomvie (Danish): a bird of the genus "Uria", the murres or...

Definitions

  1. a bird of the genus "Uria", the murres or...

Ancestry of “lomvie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeselomvigiguillemot; murre
2Old Norselangvé—
Every word from Old Norse langvé →Every word from Faroese lomvigi →