Where does “ómstríður” come from?
ómstríður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic ómur, from Old Norse ómr, from Proto-Germanic wōmaz — sound, noise.
ómstríður (Icelandic): dissonant
Ancestry of “ómstríður”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | ómur | a distant or ambient sound; echo |
| 2 | Old Norse | ómr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wōmaz | sound, noise |