Where does “Páfagarður” come from?

Páfagarður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic páfi, from Old Norse páfi, from Old Saxon pavos, from Old French pape, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz — to scrape, shave, sharpen.

Ancestry of “Páfagarður”, step by step

Páfagarður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic páfi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpáfipope
2Old Norsepáfi
3Old Saxonpavos
4Old FrenchpapePope
5Latinpapaan infant's cry for food; father; bishop
6Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
7Old Norsesúlapillar, column
8Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via Icelandic garður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgarðurgarden; stone wall, fence
2Old Norsegarðra fence, wall; an enclosed space, yard; a...
3Proto-Germanicgardazenclosure; court, yard; garden
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰórdʰoshedge, fence, enclosure; hedge, enclosure;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-Every word from Proto-Germanic sūliz