Where does “öld” come from?
öld (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ǫld, from Proto-Germanic aldiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
öld (Icelandic): age; century
Ancestry of “öld”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | ǫld | time, age; cycle, period; men, people |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | aldiz | age, generation; lifetime; human being; person;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |