Where does “djöfladýrkun” come from?
djöfladýrkun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic djöfull, from Old Norse djǫfull, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic diubul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
djöfladýrkun (Icelandic): devil worship, Satanism
Definitions
- devil worship, Satanism
Ancestry of “djöfladýrkun”, step by step
djöfladýrkun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic djöfull
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | djöfull | devil |
| 2 | Old Norse | djǫfull | devil |
| 3 | Old English | dēofol | demon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | diubul | devil |
| 5 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via Icelandic dýrkun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | dýrkun | worship; deification |
| 2 | Icelandic | -un | "Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or... |
| 3 | Icelandic | -an | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -an | Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |