Where does “ábendingarfornafn” come from?

ábendingarfornafn (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fornafn, from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

ábendingarfornafn (Icelandic): demonstrative pronoun

Definitions

  1. demonstrative pronoun

Ancestry of “ábendingarfornafn”, step by step

ábendingarfornafn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic fornafn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfornafnpronoun; first name, given name
2Latinprōnōmenpronoun
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via Icelandic ábending

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicábendinga comment, a point; advice
2IcelandicbendaTo bend; To tie; join; To strive; contest
3Old Norsebendabend; beckon; band, tie
4Proto-GermanicbandijanąTo bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éstiEvery word from Latin est
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