Where does “úrferðarfall” come from?
úrferðarfall (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic úr, from Middle Low German ūr, from Middle Dutch ūre, from Old Dutch ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
úrferðarfall (Icelandic): the elative case
Definitions
- the elative case
Ancestry of “úrferðarfall”, step by step
úrferðarfall traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic úr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | úr | clock; watch; out of |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ūr | watch, clock |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ūre | hour |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ūra | — |
| 5 | Old French | houre | hour; time; moment to do something |
| 6 | Latin | hōra | hour |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Icelandic fall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | fall | fall, drop; case; function |
| 2 | Old Norse | fall | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | falla | to fall |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 6 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |