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Where does “Edda” come from?

Edda comes from Old Norse edda, a word of unknown origin and meaning.

Ancestry of “Edda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeddagreat-grandmother

Words derived from “Edda”

  • Eddic
  • Eddaic
Every word from Old Norse edda →