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Where does “eitrun” come from?

eitrun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

eitrun (Icelandic): poisoning

Definitions

  1. poisoning

Ancestry of “eitrun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
2Icelandic-an—
3Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
4Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
5Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nis—

Words derived from “eitrun”

  • sperðileitrun
  • matareitrun
  • bótúlíneitrun
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