Where does “ómstríður” come from?

ómstríður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic ómur, from Old Norse ómr, from Proto-Germanic wōmaz — sound, noise.

ómstríður (Icelandic): dissonant

Definitions

  1. dissonant

Ancestry of “ómstríður”, step by step

ómstríður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic ómur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicómura distant or ambient sound; echo
2Old Norseómr—
3Proto-Germanicwōmazsound, noise

via Icelandic stríður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstríðurcoarse
Every word from Proto-Germanic wōmaz →Every word from Old Norse ómr →Every word from Icelandic ómur →
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