Where does “örvunarskammtur” come from?

örvunarskammtur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic örvun, from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

örvunarskammtur (Icelandic): booster dose of a vaccine

Definitions

  1. booster dose of a vaccine

Ancestry of “örvunarskammtur”, step by step

örvunarskammtur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic örvun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicörvunencouragement, excitement
2Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
3Icelandic-an
4Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
6Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nis

via Icelandic skammtur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskammtura portion; a ration; a dose, a dosage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nisEvery word from Icelandic -unEvery word from Old Norse -an