Where does “ørðugur” come from?

ørðugur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse ǫrðugr, from Proto-Germanic *ardugaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ørðugur (Faroese): steep

Definitions

  1. steep

Ancestry of “ørðugur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseǫrðugrsteep
2Proto-Germanic*ardugazsteep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →