Where does “Vestmannaeyjar” come from?

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

Vestmannaeyjar (Icelandic): the Westman Islands, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland

Definitions

  1. the Westman Islands, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland

Ancestry of “Vestmannaeyjar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseVestmannaeyjarthe Westman Islands, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland
2Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
3Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
4Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicagwjō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “Vestmannaeyjar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →
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