Where does “Eyjafjöll” come from?

Eyjafjöll (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic eyja, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Eyjafjöll (Icelandic): Eyjafjöll

Definitions

  1. Eyjafjöll

Ancestry of “Eyjafjöll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiceyjaisland
2Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
3Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
4Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicagwjō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “Eyjafjöll”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →