Where does “ælupest” come from?

ælupest (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic æla, from Old Norse æla, from Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic ēlaz — eel.

ælupest (Icelandic): stomach flu, stomach bug, gastroenteritis, any contagious illness that causes vomiting

Definitions

  1. stomach flu, stomach bug, gastroenteritis, any contagious illness that causes vomiting

Ancestry of “ælupest”, step by step

ælupest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic æla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicælato vomit; vomit
2Old Norseælato pour, to flow quickly
3Old Norseálleel
4Proto-Germanicēlazeel

via Icelandic pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpest—
Every word from Proto-Germanic ēlaz →Every word from Old Norse áll →Every word from Old Norse æla →