Where does “þrenningarmaðra” come from?

þrenningarmaðra (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þrenning, from Icelandic þrennur, from Old Norse þrinnr, from Proto-Germanic þriznaz.

þrenningarmaðra (Icelandic): threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum)

Definitions

  1. threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum)

Ancestry of “þrenningarmaðra”, step by step

þrenningarmaðra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic þrenning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþrenningtrinity
2Icelandicþrennurthree; indefinite nominative plural of þrenna;...
3Old Norseþrinnr—
4Proto-Germanicþriznaz—

via Icelandic maðra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmaðrabedstraw, galium plant of the genus
2Old Norsemaðra—
3Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic þriznaz →