Where does “þollur” come from?
þollur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þollr, from Proto-Germanic þullaz, from Proto-Indo-European tūl-.
þollur (Icelandic): thole
Ancestry of “þollur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | þollr | tree, peg |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þullaz | thole, rowlock |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tūl- | — |