Where does “Eider” come from?

Eider (German) comes from Icelandic æður, from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic ēþrō, from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- — stomach, intestines.

Eider (German): eider bird

Definitions

  1. eider bird

Ancestry of “Eider”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicæðureider; vein; wadable
2Old Norseæðrvein; eider
3Proto-Germanicēþrōvein
4Proto-Indo-Europeanēt-er-stomach, intestines

Words derived from “Eider”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēt-er- →