Where does “erkiengill” come from?

erkiengill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic engill, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil, from Proto-West Germanic angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος — a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...

erkiengill (Icelandic): an archangel

Definitions

  1. an archangel

Ancestry of “erkiengill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicengillangel
2Old Norseengillangel
3Old Saxonengilangel
4Proto-West Germanicangilangel
5Latinangelusangel; messenger
6Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...
Every word from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος →Every word from Old Norse engill →Every word from Old Saxon engil →