Where does “Ægir” come from?

Ægir (Faroese) comes from Old Norse ægir, from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ, from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz — sea, water.

Ægir (Faroese): Ægir (king of the sea)

Definitions

  1. Ægir (king of the sea)

Ancestry of “Ægir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseægirthe sea, ocean, main
2Proto-Norse*ēgweʀ—
3Proto-Germanic*āhwijazsea, water
Every word from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz →Every word from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ →Every word from Old Norse ægir →