Where does “ágústmánuður” come from?
ágústmánuður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mánuður, from Old Norse mánuðr, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
ágústmánuður (Icelandic): August
Ancestry of “ágústmánuður”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | mánuður | month |
| 2 | Old Norse | mánuðr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mēnōþs | month |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗh₁n̥s | moon; month |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |