Where does “flagahnoðri” come from?

flagahnoðri (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic flag, from Old Norse flag, from Proto-Germanic flaką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

flagahnoðri (Icelandic): hairy stonecrop (Sedum villosum)

Definitions

  1. hairy stonecrop (Sedum villosum)

Ancestry of “flagahnoðri”, step by step

flagahnoðri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic flag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicflagarea of ground stripped of turf
2Old Norseflag—
3Proto-Germanicflakąsomething flat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via Icelandic hnoðri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichnoðriwad, wisp (of wool)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flaką →Every word from Old Norse flag →