Where does “hummari” come from?
hummari (Faroese) comes from Old Norse humarr, from Proto-Germanic *humaraz.
hummari (Faroese): lobster
Ancestry of “hummari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | humarr | lobster |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *humaraz | — |