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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | páfi | pope |
| 2 | Old Norse | páfi | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | pavos | — |
| 4 | Old French | pape | Pope |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via Icelandic garður
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | garður | garden; stone wall, fence |
| 2 | Old Norse | garðr | a fence, wall; an enclosed space, yard; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gardaz | enclosure; court, yard; garden |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰórdʰos | hedge, fence, enclosure; hedge, enclosure;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |