Where does “ýviður” come from?

ýviður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic viður, from Old Norse viðr, from Proto-Germanic widuz, from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- — forest, wood; tree, beam.

ýviður (Icelandic): yew

Definitions

  1. yew

Ancestry of “ýviður”, step by step

ýviður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic viður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicviðurtrees or brambles collectively; forest, wood;...
2Old Norseviðrwood; Alternative form of við
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Icelandic ýr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicýr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European widʰu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic widuz →Every word from Old Norse viðr →