Where does “afhýða” come from?

afhýða (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic af, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

afhýða (Icelandic): to peel, to skin, to decorticate

Definitions

  1. to peel, to skin, to decorticate

Ancestry of “afhýða”, step by step

afhýða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicafoff, from; of; by
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Icelandic hýði

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichýðipeel, skin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →