Where does “bygg” come from?

bygg (Faroese) comes from Old Norse bygg, from Proto-Germanic bewwą — barley.

bygg (Faroese): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “bygg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebyggbarley
2Proto-Germanicbewwąbarley
Every word from Proto-Germanic bewwą →Every word from Old Norse bygg →
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