Where does “ýmis” come from?

ýmis (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ýmiss, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

ýmis (Icelandic): various

Definitions

  1. various

Ancestry of “ýmis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseýmissvarious, different, alternating
2Old Norseíin
3Proto-Germanicinin; into
4Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Old Norse í →