Where does “ómur” come from?

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

ómur (Icelandic): a distant or ambient sound; echo

Definitions

  1. a distant or ambient sound; echo

Ancestry of “ómur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseómr—
2Proto-Germanicwōmazsound, noise

Words derived from “ómur”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wōmaz →Every word from Old Norse ómr →