Where does “Ljótur” come from?

Ljótur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse Ljótr, from Proto-Germanic leutaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewd- — to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch...

Ljótur (Icelandic): ugly

Definitions

  1. ugly

Ancestry of “Ljótur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseLjótrugly
2Proto-Germanicleutazdeceitful, deceptive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewd-to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic leutaz →Every word from Old Norse Ljótr →