Where does “breiðþota” come from?
breiðþota (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þota, from Icelandic þjóta, from Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic þeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European tū-.
breiðþota (Icelandic): jumbo jet, wide-body
Ancestry of “breiðþota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | þota | a jet |
| 2 | Icelandic | þjóta | to rush, to dash; to whistle, sing |
| 3 | Old Norse | þjóta | to emit a loud and whistling sound; to rush |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þeutaną | to howl, roar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tū- | — |