Where does “fulmar” come from?

fulmar (English) comes from Icelandic fúlmár, from Icelandic már, from Old Norse marr, from Proto-Germanic marhaz, from Proto-Germanic skalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

fulmar (English): Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the...

Definitions

  1. Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the...

Ancestry of “fulmar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfúlmárfulmar
2Icelandicmárgull, seagull
3Old Norsemarrhorse; sea
4Proto-Germanicmarhazhorse
5Proto-Germanicskalkazservant
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “fulmar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skalkaz →