Where does “Norðurey” come from?

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

Norðurey (Icelandic): the Icelandic mainland

Definitions

  1. the Icelandic mainland

Ancestry of “Norðurey”, step by step

Norðurey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic ey

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

via Icelandic norður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicnorðurnorth; north, northward
2Old Norsenorðrnorth; north, northward
3Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
4Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
5Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →