Where does “snjósólja” come from?

snjósólja (Faroese) comes from Faroese snjógvur, from Old Norse snær, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

snjósólja (Faroese): glacier buttercup (Ranunculus glacialis), a flower, growing in the top of the mountains of the Faroe Islands

Definitions

  1. glacier buttercup (Ranunculus glacialis), a flower, growing in the top of the mountains of the Faroe Islands

Ancestry of “snjósólja”, step by step

snjósólja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese snjógvur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesesnjógvursnow
2Old Norsesnærsnow
3Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
5Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via Faroese sólja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesesóljabuttercup (Ranunculus), national flower of the Faroe Islands
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz →