Where does “ljóðfrøði” come from?

ljóðfrøði (Faroese) comes 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...

ljóðfrøði (Faroese): phonetics

Definitions

  1. phonetics

Ancestry of “ljóðfrøði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroese-frøðiscience; -logy
2Faroesefrøðitheme for a poem or kvæði
3Old Norsefrœði—
4Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-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 →