Where does “fiðla” come from?

fiðla (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fiðla, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ — fiddle.

fiðla (Icelandic): violin, fiddle

Definitions

  1. violin, fiddle

Ancestry of “fiðla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefiðlafiddle
2Proto-Germanic*fiþulǭfiddle

Words derived from “fiðla”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ →Every word from Old Norse fiðla →