Where does “avgustur” come from?
avgustur (Faroese) comes from Faroese av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
avgustur (Faroese): sperm whale
Ancestry of “avgustur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Faroese | av | by, from, off, of, on account of |
| 2 | Old Norse | af | of, from, off, by |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |