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Where does “farfuglaheimili” come from?

farfuglaheimili (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic farfugl, from Icelandic fugl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

farfuglaheimili (Icelandic): youth hostel

Definitions

  1. youth hostel

Ancestry of “farfuglaheimili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfarfuglmigratory bird; traveller, itinerant
2Icelandicfuglbird
3Old Norsefoglbird
4Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
5Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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