Where does “Eyjafjallajökull” come from?

Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic Eyjafjöll, 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.

Eyjafjallajökull (Icelandic): Eyjafjallajökull glacier and volcano in Iceland

Definitions

  1. Eyjafjallajökull glacier and volcano in Iceland

Ancestry of “Eyjafjallajökull”, step by step

Eyjafjallajökull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic Eyjafjöll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicEyjafjöllEyjafjöll
2Icelandiceyjaisland
3Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
4Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
5Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
6Proto-Germanicagwjō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Icelandic jökull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicjökullglacier
2Old Norsejǫkullicicle; ice; glacier
3Old Norsejakibroken ice, icefloe
4Proto-Germanicjekôpiece of ice; hoarfrost
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁yeg-ice, icicle

Words derived from “Eyjafjallajökull”

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