Where does “fjöldamorðingi” come from?

fjöldamorðingi (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fjöldi, from Old Norse fjǫldi — multitude.

fjöldamorðingi (Icelandic): mass murderer

Definitions

  1. mass murderer

Ancestry of “fjöldamorðingi”, step by step

fjöldamorðingi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic fjöldi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfjöldinumber; multitude, host, a lot
2Old Norsefjǫldimultitude

via Icelandic morðingi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmorðingimurderer, killer, cutthroat
Every word from Old Norse fjǫldi →Every word from Icelandic fjöldi →