Where does “ætiþistill” come from?

ætiþistill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þistill, from Old Norse þistill, from Proto-Germanic þistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

ætiþistill (Icelandic): artichoke, globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus)

Definitions

  1. artichoke, globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus)

Ancestry of “ætiþistill”, step by step

ætiþistill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic þistill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþistillthistle
2Old Norseþistillthistle
3Proto-Germanicþistilazthistle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

via Icelandic æti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicætisomething to eat, food, feed; first-person...
2Old Norseæti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þistilaz →Every word from Old Norse þistill →