Where does “aðfangadagskvöld” come from?

aðfangadagskvöld (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic aðfangadagur, from Icelandic dagur, from Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

aðfangadagskvöld (Icelandic): Christmas Eve, 24 December the evening before Christmas day

Definitions

  1. Christmas Eve, 24 December the evening before Christmas day

Ancestry of “aðfangadagskvöld”, step by step

aðfangadagskvöld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic aðfangadagur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicaðfangadagurChristmas Eve the day before Christmas day
2Icelandicdagura day
3Old Norsedagra day; days, times
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Icelandic kvöld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickvöldevening
2Old Norsekveldevening
3Proto-Germanickwildizdying; death; downfall; end; the end or dying of...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Old Norse dagr →