Where does “landafrøðingur” come from?

landafrøðingur (Faroese) comes from Faroese landafrøði, from Faroese -frøði, from Faroese frøði, from Old Norse frœði, from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

landafrøðingur (Faroese): geographer

Definitions

  1. geographer

Ancestry of “landafrøðingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeselandafrøðigeography
2Faroese-frøðiscience; -logy
3Faroesefrøðitheme for a poem or kvæði
4Old Norsefrœði—
5Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄ →