Where does “Mývatn” come from?

Mývatn (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vatn, from Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic watōr, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Mývatn (Icelandic): midge lake

Definitions

  1. midge lake

Ancestry of “Mývatn”, step by step

Mývatn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic vatn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvatnwater; a lake, a water
2Old Norsevatnwater; lake; waterway, river
3Proto-Germanicwatōrwater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

via Icelandic mý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmýmidge, blackfly, midget, gnat; mu
2Ancient Greekμῦmu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the...
3Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
4Proto-Semiticmāy-water
5Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

Words derived from “Mývatn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ →