Where does “Aivar” come from?
Aivar (Estonian) comes from Latvian Aivars, from Latvian Ivars, from Swedish Ivar, from Old Norse Ívarr, from Proto-Norse *ᛁᚹᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
Ancestry of “Aivar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | Aivars | — |
| 2 | Latvian | Ivars | — |
| 3 | Swedish | Ivar | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | Ívarr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | *ᛁᚹᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |