Where does “Merkúr” come from?

Merkúr (Icelandic) comes from Latin Mercurius, from Latin merx, from Proto-Italic *merks.

Merkúr (Icelandic): Mercury (Roman god)

Definitions

  1. Mercury (Roman god)

Ancestry of “Merkúr”, step by step

Merkúr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Mercurius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMercuriusMercury; a Roman god associated with speed and...
2Latinmerxmerchandise, commodity; goods, wares
3Proto-Italic*merks—

via Old Norse merkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemerkr—
Every word from Proto-Italic *merks →Every word from Latin merx →Every word from Latin Mercurius →